Flexible bronchoscopy for foreign body aspiration in children: A single-centre experience

Table 4 Efficacy of flexible bronchoscopy as a first treatment option in foreign body aspiration

Ref.	Number of patients	Efficacy of flexible bronchoscopy alone (%)	Complications (%)
Ding et al[10]	165	97.6 (161/165)	Transient hypoxia and tachypnoea; one severe complication (no specified)
Tenenbaum et al[11]	28	100 (28/28)	No/no specified
Kim et al[16]	20	90 (18/20)	10 (n = 2), mild laryngeal oedema
Yüksel et al[17]	31	93.5 (29/31)	0
Tang et al[22]	1027	91.7 (938/1027)	12.9 (transient hypoxia); 2.3 (bleeding, laryngeal oedema, bradycardia, airway leak)
Golan-Tripto et al[23]	40	95 (38/40)	0
Suzen et al[24]	24	100 (24/24)	8.4 laryngeal oedema
Ciftci et al[25]	283	92 (260/283)	3.5 (transient hypoxia and bradycardia); 3.9 (minor bleeding); 3.9 (minor nosebleed); 2.8 (laryngeal oedema)