Abstract:
Foreign body in bronchus is one
of important life saving emergency.
Common presentation is respiratory
distress or noisy respiration of sudden
onset with history of suspicion of
ingestion of foreign body, some cases
patients present with long persisting sign
and symptoms of respiratory tract
infection. In spite of recent advances in
anaesthesia and instrumentation, removal
of a foreign body is not an easy
procedure and demands skill and
expertise on the part of the surgeon. In
present study we have analyzed cases of
foreign body in airway in last 3 yrs in
SDM hospital Dharwad.
