Tracheotomy for Difficult Airway Foreign Bodies in Children

Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2018 Jun;158(6):1148-1149. doi: 10.1177/0194599818758995. Epub 2018 Feb 13.

Authors

Sheena Samra¹, James W Schroeder Jr^{2

3}, Taher Valika², Kathleen R Billings^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ 1 University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
² 2 Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
³ 3 Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

PMID: 29437526
DOI: 10.1177/0194599818758995

No abstract available

Keywords: bronchial foreign bodies; pediatric airway foreign bodies; tracheotomy.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Airway Obstruction / surgery*
Child
Foreign Bodies / surgery*
Humans
Male
Tracheotomy / methods*
Treatment Outcome