A statistical study was made on foreign bodies in the trachea and bronchi in 59 patients (male: female=40: 19) hospitalized in our clinic between 1976 and 1991. Forty-nine patients were under 2 years of age. Peanuts predominated (37 cases, 62.7%) in the kinds of foreign bodies. The foreign bodies were found in the right bronchus in 24 patients, in the left bronchus in 21 patients and in trachea in 8 patients.
