Aerodigestive Foreign Bodies in Adult Ethiopian Patients: A Prospective Study at Tikur Anbessa Hospital, Ethiopia

Table 4

Site of impaction and the techniques of foreign body extraction utilized in Addis Ababa, 2011-2012.

Techniques of extraction	Trachea	Right main bronchus	Left main bronchus	Pharynx	Upper esophagus	Middle esophagus	Total
Bronchotomy	0	1	1	0	0	0	2
Bronchoscopy	0	2	2	0	0	0	4
Esophagoscopy	0	0	0	0	3	6	9
Esophagotomy	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Mc gill forceps	0	0	0	7	4	0	11
Pushed down	0	0	0	0	1	3	4
Tracheotomy	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Total	1	3	3	7	9	9	32