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. 2023 Sep-Oct;28(5):448-449.
doi: 10.4103/jiaps.jiaps_78_23. Epub 2023 Sep 5.

Anesthetic Management in a 4-Year-Old Child Undergoing Removal of a Gemstone Tracheobronchial Foreign Body

Shelly  1 , Rakesh Kumar  1 , T K Jayakumar  2 , Arvind Sinha  2 , Sandeep Kumar  3
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Anesthetic Management in a 4-Year-Old Child Undergoing Removal of a Gemstone Tracheobronchial Foreign Body

Shelly et al. J Indian Assoc Pediatr Surg. 2023 Sep-Oct.
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Figure 1
Chest X-ray posteroanterior view
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(a) Gemstone foreign body (FB) with Fogarty catheter (FC). (b) Schematic diagram of sandwiching FB between rigid bronchoscope and FC
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