[Perioperative management of bilateral bronchial foreign bodies in infants].

Abstract

OBJECTIVE:

To explore the perioperative management of bilateral bronchial foreign bodies in infants to improve the cure rate in the children.

METHODS:

The medical charts of 45 infants with bilateral bronchial foreign bodies were reviewed. Clinical features and key points to surgery as well as post-operative care were analyzed.

RESULTS:

All foreign bodies were removed with rigid bronchoscopy under general anesthesia, and 44 of 45 infants were cured with assistance of anti-infective treatments within 3-5 days and one with acute laryngitis and bronchitis was cured through 10-day anti-infective treatment with vancomycin.

CONCLUSION:

Removal of foreign body by rigid bronchoscopy under general anesthesia is a preferred method to treat bilateral bronchial foreign bodies in infants, to whom early diagnosis, early treatment and postoperative careful care are keys to get a good outcome.

• Authors: Hongbo Ren, Ying Li, Fugen Han
• Journal: Zhonghua er bi yan hou tou jing wai ke za zhi = Chinese journal of otorhinolaryngology head and neck surgery (Zhonghua Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi) Vol. 50 Issue 1 Pg. 54-6 (Jan 2015) ISSN: 1673-0860 [Print] China
• PMID: 25764929 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Topics

• Anesthesia, General
• Bronchi (surgery)
• Bronchitis
• Bronchoscopy
• Foreign Bodies (surgery, therapy)
• Humans
• Infant
• Perioperative Period
• Trachea