Removal of Intrabronchial Foreign Body by Bronchofiberscope-Case Reports

Abstract

Two cases of transbronchofiberscopic removal of intrabronchial foreign bodies were reported. One patient, a 68-year-old, was admitted because of the inhalation of a gold-palladium crown during dental treatment. Immediately removal of the gold-palladium crown was attended under general anesthesia with usual forceps insented through the bronchoscope, however it failed because crown dropped easily. So we used a basket-forcep and succeeded in removing the crown. Another case of intrabronchial foreign body involved the inhalation of an attachment of a metallic tracheal tube. In this case we succeeded in removal of the foreign body using conventional forceps via the bronchofiberscope.