Although the number of patients with bronchiectasis referred for surgical treatment has decreased, pulmonary resection still plays a significant role. Surgical resection of localized bronchiectasis is a safe procedure with proven improvement of quality of life for the majority of patients.

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A foreign body in the esophagus is usually removed by endoscopy. An elder man entered the emergency room dyspneic and dysphagic. A chest X-ray showed that he had a table fork stuck in the upper esophagus. An endoscopist tried to remove it without success. After bilateral block of the superior laryngeal nerve, transtracheal injection, topical anesthesia of the mouth, and sedation, an awake laryngoscopy was carried out. Pushing the laryngoscope into the opening of the esophagus the fork was seen and extracted by the anesthesiologist. This case focuses on the role of the anesthesiologist in the removal of esophageal foreign bodies.

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