ISSN : 1301-5680
e-ISSN : 2149-8156
Turkish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery     
Bronş İçi Yabancı Cisimler: Türban İğnesi Komplikasyonları
Enver DAYIOĞLU, Musa RAHİMİ, Alper TOKER, İlhan AKASLAN, Semih BARLAS, Emin TİRELİ, Kerem H. BORTEÇEN, Korkut BOSTANCI, Cemil BARLAS
İstanbul Üniversitesi İstanbul Tıp Fakültesi, Göğüs Kalp ve Damar Cerrahisi Anabilim Dalı, İstanbul

59 cases with foreign body aspiration have been admitted to our department for treatment between 1985-1993. All those cases have undergone various unsuccessful bronchoscopic attempts for the removal of the foreign bodies in different Ear, Nose and Throat departments and referred for definitive surgical treatment. When the annual distribution of such cases have been reviewed retrospectively, an increasing incidence in teenage girls have been noted since 1988.

Since fixation of scarfs with needles is a habitual fact, the design of such needles must be modified, and one end should be enlarged so that they cannot get in through the pharynx. Furthermore, when operation is needed, this should be undertaken in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery departments with latest technology ICU, operating theatre and X-ray facilities.

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