A study of clinical presentations and complications of foreign body in the bronchus - own experience.

Objectives: In this study, we studied varied clinical presentations and complications of a foreign body in the airway and complications of bronchoscopy, if carried out.

Methods: A prospective observational clinical study in a tertiary care centre from June 2010 to May 2012 included 46 paediatric patients aged less than 12 years, with suspected foreign body aspiration, all of whom underwent rigid bronchoscopy under general anaesthesia. All the patients were subjected to history taking, clinical examination, and investigations (pre- and post-op chest X-ray and CT virtual bronchoscopy, if required).

Metallic foreign body in the neck: case report.

Penetrating neck injuries constitute 5-10% of all trauma cases. Such injuries are dangerous because of the high risk of injury to the vital structures in the neck and hence demand an immediate surgical exploration. We present a case of a penetrating injury of the neck caused by the broken metallic fragment of a saw.