Doctors at a government hospital in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India, have successfully removed a small LED light that was lodged in the bronchus of an eight-month-old baby. The baby’s parents initially brought her to a government medical college hospital in Dindigul, Tamil Nadu, after she developed a fever and began experiencing breathing difficulties. An X-ray revealed a needle-like foreign object lodged in her left lung . She was promptly referred to the hospital in Madurai.
At Madurai hospital, a CT scan confirmed the object's presence in her left lung’s bronchus. Due to the risks associated with performing regular bronchoscopy under anesthesia on an infant, doctors from the departments of respiratory medicine, pediatric surgery, and anesthesia collaborated to use a pediatric bronchoscope for the delicate removal of the object. Upon successfully extracting the foreign object from the…
