Abstract:Objective To investigate the clinical characteristics, treatment and precautionary measures for iatrogenic tracheal foreign body. Methods Clinical data of 13 patients with iatrogenic tracheal foreign body were analyzed retrospectively. The source of foreign body was autologous in 7 cases and alien in 6. The foreign bodies were located in the main trachea in 5 cases, left bronchus in 3, right bronchus in 4 and unknown location in one, respectively. Of them, 8 cases had no obvious clinical symptoms, 2 had simple choking cough and 3 had choking with wheezing and dyspnea. The foreign body was removed by rigid bronchoscope in 5 cases, by fiber bronchoscope in another 5 and by other methods in 3. Results Removal of foreign body was successfully performed in all the 13 cases. Pneumothorax developed after removal of the tracheal foreign body caused by tooth extraction and required further thoracic surgery treatment in one patient, and there were no obvious complications in other patients. Conclusions The causes of iatrogenic tracheobronchial foreign body were various and the clinical manifestations were lack of specificity. The focus must be on prevention in clinical practice, and an appropriate method should be selected for removal of foreign body according to the different clinical characteristics.