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Foreign body removal is commonly performed with the rigid bronchoscope. However, based on recent literature, extraction with the flexible bronchoscope has increased in popularity. Here, we discuss a new tool - the flexible cryoprobe - that may enhance foreign body retrieval in select patients and comment on the methods of foreign body extraction in the view of common clinical practice. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2016; 51:886-888.
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