| Abstract: | 10-year experience gained at the Moscow Endoscopic Center attached to S. P. Botkin City Hospital with bronchoscopic investigations for tracheobronchial pathology verification covers 14542 procedures. Foreign bodies were detected in 38 patients, of these 12 patients had aspirated the bodies long before the investigation. There were 18 males and 20 females aged from 15 to 85 years. To remove the foreign bodies, a bronchofibroscope was used in 34, a rigid bronchoscope in 4 patients. Sharp bodies and dentures were extracted with a metal loop, those of complex configuration were pulled out by a forked forceps. The removal was followed by toilet bronchoscopy. Complications due to the diagnostic or therapeutic bronchoscopy in patients with foreign bodies were not recorded. |
