Table 4.

Intervention characteristics used for the retrieval of the foreign body

	No. of patients	Percentage
Total	50	100
Type of ventilation
Jet ventilation	50	100
Duration of rigid bronchoscopy
5–15 min	32	64
> 15 min	18	36
Reason for Tracheostomy
Foreign body bigger than glottic chink	1	2
Distal foreign body	2	4
Reasons for mechanical ventilation
Laryngeal spasm	2	4
Laryngeal edema	2	4