Bronchial foreign body aspiration is a life-threatening emergency. Largely, the published literature focuses on the removal of foreign bodies by bronchoscopy, while the surgical removal of endobronchial foreign bodies is rarely reported on. Thus, we presented a case of a bronchial foreign body that was successfully removed by a video-assisted thoracoscopic surgical (VATS) bronchotomy, after multiple failed bronchoscopic attempts.
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