Iatrogenic Aspiration of a Broken Metallic Stylet: A case report.
10.4097/kjae.1998.34.1.182
- Author:
Jong Hwan LEE
1
;
Chan Jong CHUNG
;
Heon Soo PARK
;
Phil Jo CHOI
Author Information
1. Department of Anesthesiology, College of Medicine, Dong-A University, Pusan, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Equipment: stylet;
Intubation, tracheal: complications
- MeSH:
Anesthesia, General;
Arthroscopy;
Chest Pain;
Female;
Foreign Bodies;
Humans;
Intubation;
Lung;
Middle Aged;
Radiography, Thoracic;
Shoulder;
Thoracoscopy;
Thoracostomy
- From:Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
1998;34(1):182-186
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Complications of tracheal intubation are well documented. However, iatrogenic aspiration of a broken metallic stylet following tracheal intubation has been infrequently reported. A 60-year-old woman, 10 days after shoulder arthroscopic surgery under endotracheal general anesthesia, was admitted to our hospital because of right chest pain. Chest radiographs showed a 8 cm length of metallic foreign body in the lower lobe of the right lung. Attempts at retrieval, including thoracoscopy, were unsuccessful. Open thoracostomy was performed. The removed foreign body was a part of metallic stylet. We report a case of iatrogenic aspiration of a broken metallic stylet.
