Foreign body removal is getting "cooler". Issue 9 (5th July 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kazachkov, Mikhail; Vicencio, Alfin
• Is Part Of: Pediatric pulmonology. Volume 51:Issue 9(2016:Sep.)
• Page Start: 886
• Page End: 888
• Publication Date: 2016-07-05
• Subjects: bronchoscopy -- foreign body of airway; Pediatric respiratory diseases -- Periodicals; Pediatrics -- Periodicals; 618.922
• DOI: 10.1002/ppul.23521
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 8755-6863

Abstract

Summary: Foreign body removal is commonly performed with the rigid bronchoscope. However, based on recent literature, extraction with the flexible bronchoscope has increased in popularity. Here, we discuss a new tool − the flexible cryoprobe − that may enhance foreign body retrieval in select patients and comment on the methods of foreign body extraction in the view of common clinical practice.Pediatr Pulmonol. 2016; 51:886–888 . © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.