Door Stopper Hardware in Bronchus

Extraction Case

The metal “stopper” from a screen door became a bronchial foreign body.

Any hardware in the hand of an infant or toddler (or held between the lips of someone “on the job”) can be inhaled and block a bronchus.

Extraction Video

The foreign body is removed with optical "alligator" (toothed) forceps.

Did You Know?!

In the European Union each year, an estimated 50,000 children (14 years or younger) have a choking episode.[Ref:34]