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Volume : 3, Issue : 2, Year : 2020
Article Page : 63-66
https://doi.org/10.18231/j.ijoas.2020.014
Abstract
Rigid bronchoscopy for foreign body removal from lungs can cause life threatening complications like
tension pneumothorax. A timely diagnosis and active management can prevent devastating events. A two
years old child who developed tension pneumothorax after rigid bronchoscopy for foreign body removal
was survived successfully because of multidisciplinary active management.
Keywords: Rigid Bronchoscopy, Foreign Body Removal, Pediatric foreign body, Tension Pneumothorax.
How to cite : Shivnani D, Raman E V, Gaur S, Tension Pneumothorax -Challenge of foreign body removal during Rigid Bronchoscopy in children. J Otorhinolaryngol Allied Sci 2020;3(2):63-66
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