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. 2021 Mar-Apr;38(2):199-200.

doi: 10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_957_20.

Foreign body removed using curette and retrieval net after tracheostomy

Kazuaki Nishiki¹, Yoko Ishige¹, Yasutaka Kawasaki¹, Shiro Mizuno¹

Affiliations

PMID: 33687020
PMCID: PMC8098898
DOI: 10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_957_20

Foreign body removed using curette and retrieval net after tracheostomy

Kazuaki Nishiki et al. Lung India. 2021 Mar-Apr.

. 2021 Mar-Apr;38(2):199-200.

doi: 10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_957_20.

Authors

Kazuaki Nishiki¹, Yoko Ishige¹, Yasutaka Kawasaki¹, Shiro Mizuno¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kanazawa Medical University, Daigaku, Uchinada-Machi, Kahoku-Gun, Ishikawa, Japan.

PMID: 33687020
PMCID: PMC8098898
DOI: 10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_957_20

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Figures

Figure 1
(a) Lung consolidation in bilateral lower lobes. (b and c) A calcified foreign body in the right lower bronchus (red arrow)

Figure 2
(a) A broken tooth with the broken surface facing up in the entrance to the right lower bronchus. (b) Dislodging the tooth with a curette. (c) Removal with a retrieval net. (d) After removal, there is no granulation or bleeding

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