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15765289

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-3-14
pubmed:abstractText
We report a case of a laryngectomized patient who accidentally aspirated a wooden stick through his tracheal stoma in highly unusual circumstances. He was in a habit of cleaning secretions of upper airway with a wooden stick covered with cotton on the tip soaked in olive oil, via tracheostomy. After applying topical aerolized lidocaine spray through the tracheostomy stoma a flexible video-brochoscopy was performed and a tree twig over 11 cm in length was removed. The patient's symptoms were resolved by a bronchoscopy. With experience and availability of accessories, the removal of the foreign body using flexible bronchoscope under local anesthesia can be performed safely and successfully. This case suggests that the physicians and otolaryngologists should educate their laryngectomized patients about stomal care and discuss any potential life-threatening situation they might encounter.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0494-1373
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
53
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
62-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-8-5
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
An unusual way of tracheal stoma cleaning could end up with foreign body aspiration in a laryngectomized patient.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Chest Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Uluda? University, Bursa, Turkey. esrauz@uludag.edu.tr
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports