AUTHOR=Wu Xingmei , Wang Yongquan , Sun Wei , Zhu Xiaolin 

TITLE=Case report: Image guidance retrieval of a foreign body in retropharyngeal space

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Surgery

VOLUME=9

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/surgery/articles/10.3389/fsurg.2022.949964

DOI=10.3389/fsurg.2022.949964

ISSN=2296-875X

ABSTRACT=<sec><title>Background</title><p>Ingested foreign bodies fully embedded in retropharyngeal space present a unique challenge, as they can be difficult to locate and visualize <italic>via</italic> classic transoral laryngoscopy or the transcervical approach.</p></sec><sec><title>Methods</title><p>We retrieved a complete extraluminal chicken bone located in the patient's retropharyngeal space at the level of the C4-C5 spine through a well-designed transcervical approach with a combination of image-guided neck navigation.</p></sec><sec><title>Conclusion</title><p>A combined use of image-guided neck navigation and a dedicated transcervical approach for location of a foreign body in the retropharyngeal space is practical and available for clinical application.</p></sec>