. Modern surgery, general and operative. ure ofbronchoscopy per se. Of course it may be modified by various factors, such as, I002 Surgery of the Respiratory Organs the disturbance of the epithelium in the presence of pus, the use of unsterileinstruments, etc. A safe working rule, to be modified as deemed best in the in-dividual case, is: One hour in adults, half an hour in children, 15 minutes ininfants. As a matter of fact, however, in most cases in our clinic the foreignbody is removed by the bronchoscope in less than five minutes. Bronchoscopic removal of foreign bodies from the trachea an
. Modern surgery, general and operative. ure ofbronchoscopy per se. Of course it may be modified by various factors, such as, I002 Surgery of the Respiratory Organs the disturbance of the epithelium in the presence of pus, the use of unsterileinstruments, etc. A safe working rule, to be modified as deemed best in the in-dividual case, is: One hour in adults, half an hour in children, 15 minutes ininfants. As a matter of fact, however, in most cases in our clinic the foreignbody is removed by the bronchoscope in less than five minutes. Bronchoscopic removal of foreign bodies from the trachea and bronchi hasbeen successful in our clinic in over 98 per cent, of our cases. In 386 cases therewere 6 failures to remove. The mortality, taking the cases as they came, thecondition being good or bad on admission, was per cent. In no case wasmortality directly attributable to bronchoscopy. Of 41 cases of lung abscessdue to foreign body of prolonged sojourn (i to 26 years) complete cure followedoral bronchoscopic removal in 39 r
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