Wockhardt Doctors Remove 1.5 Inch Bottle Cap Stuck in an Infant's Throat
The baby's CT Scan revealed that there was a foreign body (FB) lodged in the oropharynx (the part of the throat at the back of the mouth behind the oral cavity), and hypopharynx which is the bottom part of the pharynx (throat), occluding the airway.;
Mumbai: In a life-saving procedure, doctors from Wockhardt Hospital, Mira Road, pulled out a 1.5-inch bottle cap from a 7-month-old baby's throat. Baby Jeet (name changed) suddenly encountered breathlessness and choked after swallowing the foreign body (FB).
Baby Jeet (name changed), a resident of Mira Road suddenly developed difficulty in breathing and choked. The baby cried haplessly. His parents panicked and immediately rushed him to a local doctor who referred the patient to Wockhardt Hospital, Mira Road.
Dr Neepa Vellimuttam, ENT surgeon at Wockhardt Hospital, Mira Road, said, "The patient reached the emergency department, the baby's CT Scan revealed that there was a foreign body (FB) lodged in the oropharynx (the part of the throat at the back of the mouth behind the oral cavity), and hypopharynx which is the bottom part of the pharynx (throat), occluding the airway."
The baby was immediately shifted to Paediatric Intensive Care Unit under Dr Ankit Gupta. After carrying out a few other tests, the baby was taken to the operation theatre where the baby underwent rigid bronchoscopy procedure. Foreign body aspiration is accidental and sudden with a high mortality rate. It is a life-threatening condition and needs timely intervention.
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