Wire grill brush bristle as an unusual foreign body: report of two pediatric cases.

Wire grill brushes are commonly used for cleaning grill grates. Accidental ingestion of a wire bristle from a grill-cleaning brush is a rarely reported foreign body, with only three prior case reports. Although scarce in the literature, we encountered two pediatric cases at the regional children's hospital within 1 year.

Incidence of and risk factors for airway complications following endotracheal intubation for bronchiolitis.

Objective: To identify risk factors predisposing to postextubation complications and the incidence of subglottic stenosis following endotracheal intubation for bronchiolitis.

Study Design And Setting: A review of 144 consecutive infants and children intubated for bronchiolitis between 2000 and 2005 at a regional children's hospital.

Results: The mean age at diagnosis was 6.

Endoscopic extended ventriculotomy for congenital saccular cysts of the larynx in infants.

Objective: To report a new procedure that has been successful in endoscopically treating congenital saccular cysts of the larynx without the need for a tracheostomy or an external incision.

Design: Retrospective chart review of a case series involving 4 patients who underwent a single endoscopic procedure for the treatment of their congenital saccular cysts.

Setting: Two pediatric tertiary care referral centers.

A retrospective study of tonsillectomy in the under 2-year-old child: indications, perioperative management, and complications.

Objective: To retrospectively review the experience with tonsillectomy in the under 2-year-old child at an urban children's hospital.

Methods: The medical records of 94 patients under 2 years old undergoing tonsillectomy between May 1, 1995, and May 31, 2000, were reviewed. The methods of tonsil and adenoid excision were noted, as was the use of perioperative steroids, antibiotics, and antiemetics.

Vagus nerve stimulator implantation in children.

Background: Vagus nerve stimulation was approved in 1997 as an adjunctive treatment of partial-onset seizures refractory to medical therapy. Subsequent to the initial clinical trials, few studies have been published specifically addressing perioperative management issues.

Objectives: To review the operative technique and perioperative management of patients undergoing vagus nerve stimulator implantation and to analyze complications and their management.