Use of magnet powered bronchoscopy forceps in the removal of bronchial metallic foreign body in an adolescent girl

Harshwardhan Saiprasad Kavthekar; Saiprasad Onkareshwar Kavthekar; Manasee Gondhalaykaar; Sainath Ganpatrao Powar; Nivedita Balasaheb Patil

doi:10.18203/2349-3291.ijcp20254192

Authors

Harshwardhan Saiprasad Kavthekar Government Medical College, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India
Saiprasad Onkareshwar Kavthekar Department of Pediatrics, D. Y. Patil Medical College, D. Y. Patil Education Society (Deemed to be University), Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India
Manasee Gondhalaykaar Department of Pediatrics, D. Y. Patil Medical College, D. Y. Patil Education Society (Deemed to be University), Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India
Sainath Ganpatrao Powar Om Sai Childrens Hospital and Pulmonology Clinic, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India
Nivedita Balasaheb Patil Department of Pediatrics, D. Y. Patil Medical College, D. Y. Patil Education Society (Deemed to be University), Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2349-3291.ijcp20254192

Keywords:

Bronchoscopy, Children, Foreign body, Magnet

Abstract

Aspiration of foreign body is defined as an entry of an object into the respiratory tract. The mainstay of treatment for removal of the foreign body is bronchoscopy. Here, we report an eleven-year-old girl who presented with accidental aspiration of right bronchial metallic foreign body, which was difficult to remove by conventional bronchoscopy forceps but ultimately removed by magnet powered forceps.

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Author Biography

Harshwardhan Saiprasad Kavthekar, Government Medical College, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India

Third year MBBS student,Government Medical College,Ratnagiri,Maharashtra.

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