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Anaesthestic Management of Removal of Aspirated Hypodermic Needle in Trachea: A Case Report

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Aspiration of foreign body is a very common emergency in paediatric age group. It is very rare in adult population. Moreover common foreign body in adults are food materials. Aspiration of hypodermic needle is very rarely reported. But this can happen accidentally during use of hypodermic needle for dental block. We hereby report such a case of aspiration of hypodermic needle accidentally aspirated during performing a dental block. Aspiration of sharp foreign body and its bronscopic removal can lead to injury to airway. We report successful management of such a case where needle was removed under general anaesthesia successfully using rigid bronchoscope.

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No funding other than personal was used in conducting the audit as well as writing the manuscript. We declare that we have no financial and/or personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence (bias) our work.

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  1. Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, Ireland

    Jubil Thomas & Pradipta Bhakta

  2. Department of Cardiac Anaesthesia, Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney, London, UK

    Áine Heaney

  3. Department of Anaesthesia, Pain Medicine and Intensive Care Medicine, Adelaide, Meath and National Childrens’ Hospital, Tallaght, Dublin, Ireland

    Suzanne Crowe

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Thomas, J., Heaney, Á., Bhakta, P. et al. Anaesthestic Management of Removal of Aspirated Hypodermic Needle in Trachea: A Case Report. J. Maxillofac. Oral Surg. 15, 413–415 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12663-015-0815-0

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