A simple management option for chronically impacted sharp tracheobronchial foreign bodies in children

Abstract Distally impacted chronic tracheobronchial sharp foreign bodies in children are a management challenge that presents with clinical subtlety and extreme variability. The use of image guided techniques, imaginative instrumentation, tracheotomy, thoracotomy, and even extracorporeal membrane ox...

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Main Authors: Sherif Idris, Russell A. Murphy, Manisha Witmans, Hamdy El-Hakim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-04-01
Series:Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40463-018-0272-0