Aspirated tooth removal from airway through tracheotomy and flexible bronchoscopy

J Trauma. 1996 Jun;40(6):1029-30. doi: 10.1097/00005373-199606000-00032.

Abstract

Aspiration of a tooth in facial trauma is a known complication. A complicated case of tooth aspiration with a compromised airway in a 28-year-old woman is described. The tooth was in the left main bronchus. A special technique involving flexible bronchoscopy, Fogarty catheter, and tracheotomy was used to extract the tooth.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Bronchi*
  • Bronchoscopy / methods*
  • Female
  • Foreign Bodies / therapy*
  • Humans
  • Tooth
  • Tracheotomy