A Statistical Survey of Patients Treated for Tracheo-bronchial Foreign Bodies in Our Clinic During the Last 25 Years

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From 1968 to 1982, 160 patients with tracheo-bronchial foreign bodies were treated in our clinic, 111 males and 49 females; 123 were under two years of age, of which 83 were one-year-old babies. In 61 cases the foreign body was found in the left bronchus, in 58 in the right bronchus and in 26 in the trachea.Of the various kinds of foreign bodies removed, peanuts predominated (109 cases, 68%). Of the infants under two years of age 82% had peanut foreign bodies. To prevent such accidents, the necessity of educating parents to the danger of peanut inhalation is emphasized.