Perioperative management of bilateral bronchial foreign bodies in infants / 中华耳鼻咽喉头颈外科杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To explore the perioperative management of bilateral bronchial foreign bodies in infants to improve the cure rate in the children.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>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.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>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.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>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.</p>