“…The reasons for endoscopic failure noted in the literature are: unsuitable instruments, distal migration of the foreign body, hemorrhagic granuloma and foreign body not visualized [9] Other indications for surgery include sharp and pointed foreign bodies with risk of migration and damage to surrounding structures, old foreign bodies with irreversible respiratory damage [9][10][11] In our case, the surgery was motivated both by the failure of endoscopic extraction and by how long the foreign body was in place.This surgery was preceded by a chest CT scan to better ensure the final seat of the foreign body and secondary bronchopulmonary destruction, which allowed us to consider the actions to be taken. Other authors also suggest that the intervention be immediately preceded by the thoracic scanner to properly locate the foreign body due to its mobility [7,9,11,15]. Irreversible parenchymal damage requires sometimes extensive excision [15] .…”