Open the chest to save the boy who is hooked on the zipper to fall into a sensitive position

According to Doctor Dao Trung Hieu, Deputy Director of Children’s Hospital 1 (Ho Chi Minh City), a boy swallowed a zipper, which could cause a dangerous accident, so he had to open his chest and endorse the object.
The patient is a TTP boy, 5 years old (living in Dong Nai) hospitalized on April 13 at Children’s Hospital 1 (Ho Chi Minh City) because of a cough, wheezing, difficulty breathing for more than 2 months now. Going to many places, treated with drugs but not in remission. Although the baby does not have “intrusion syndrome”, which is the sign of swallowing foreign objects, doctors still suspect that the baby’s body may contain “forgotten” foreign objects.

Doctor Dao Trung Hieu checks the child’s health Results of X-ray and endoscopy have determined that the right bronchus has inflammatory tissue, underneath the inflammatory tissue is a small, hard, force that cannot be removed by forceps. Foreign object is a zipper hook According to master – doctor Dao Trung Hieu, Deputy Director of Children’s Hospital 1 (Ho Chi Minh City), this is a foreign object that has been lying for a long time. object in a sensitive location. Doctors said that the foreign body has been lying for a long time, causing inflammation, sticking to the tissue of the airways, even puncturing. Currently, the foreign body is blocking the hole, but if it is tried to remove it, it can cause a blood vessel rupture, an air spillage, potentially life threatening. Doctors recounted the case So the doctors decided to conduct a general consultation and choose the option of open surgery, opening the baby’s chest to identify and monitor the foreign object while the ENT doctor picked the object out through the airway. Thankfully this approach has been successful. The baby recovered quickly. By the morning of April 23, the baby was removed from the bandage, in good health, eating and playing normally and was about to be discharged from the hospital. Doctor Dao Trung Hieu analyzed the reason for having to open the baby’s chest Specialist Doctor II Nguyen Tuan Nhu, Head of the Department of Ear, Nose and Throat, Children’s Hospital 1 recommends that parents be careful when children play with many small details, because children often put them in their mouths and fall. always into the airway. If you suspect that your baby swallowed, inhaled, or had coughing, wheezing, or difficulty breathing for a long time without knowing the reason, your baby should be examined.