Spontaneous Assisted Ventilation in the Extraction of a Seed in the Left Main Bronchus

57 Foreign body aspiration in the tracheobronchial system is a pediatric emergency; if not removed on time, it could result in pulmonary complications such as pneumonia, atelectasis and could lead to an airway obstruction, which could be fatal1-4. The standard gold treatment is the removal of a foreign body using a rigid bronchoscopy performed under general anesthesia4,5. Because of the bronchoscope occupying the airway, different methods of ventilation have been considered, such as the apneic oxygenation method, controlled ventilation (closed system), manual jet ventilation and the spontaneous assisted ventilation (SAV)6.