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Though Sander’s technique of jet ventilation in a paralysed patient has considerably simplified the management of cases for removal of inhaled foreign bodies (F.Bs) and is almost used as a routine method it appears to be not safe and ideal under certain conditions. This is illustrated by means of a case report of a F.B. (tamarind seed) in the trachea in a child. It is felt that elective tracheostomy is a safer and sometimes life saving step in such cases.
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Paper was read at the Consulting E.N.T. surgeons of Hubli monthly meeting.
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Hamasagar, M.S. Foreign bodies in the trachea in children. Indian J Otolaryngol 41, 26 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02994036
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