Abstract
Although superiority of the flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy in removal of foreign body from the child's bronchus is generally admitted, it is yet associated with difficulties of respiratory control as reported by various authors. We succeeded in removal of a foreign body from a child's bronchial tract using the high frequency jet ventilator.
The patient, 10 year-old boy, swallowed by mistake a piece of spare of pencil lead in his classroom around 1: 00 p.m. on December 10, 1981. He began to have dry cough immediatly after the accident, but it subsided in 30 minutes. That night, however, he complained of frontal chest pain, and the atelectasis of the left lung was shown on a chest X-ray film. The foreign body could be safely removed using a flexible fiberoptic bronchoscope in combination with the high frequency jet ventilator.
Usefulness of the high frequency jet ventilation is discussed on the base of this case.
