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Aim:  Foreign body aspirations are a serious respiratory illness that can threaten life, particularly in childhood, in the first three years of life. We aimed to compare the qualitative changes and their results of the asphyxiated foreign bodies of the first five-year-old children we encountered in the tropical region with literature. Material and Method:  In Nyala Sudan Turkey Education and Research Hospital, 11 patients in the range of 0-5 years between the dates of 04/11/2018 and 05/30/2018 with history of foreign body aspiration was accepted after a physical examination and radiological imaging with a preliminary diagnosis.All patients underwent rigid bronchoscopy under general anesthesia, foreign bodies detected were removed by using alligator forceps with no significant complication.  Results:  The youngest patient was 9 months old while the oldest was 5 years old and the average age was 2.43. Foreign bodies were removed by rigid bronchoscopy in 5 (45.45%) patients from the right main bronchus, 2 (18.18%) in the left main bronchus and 4 (36,36%) in the trachea. Nine (81,81%) of the extracted foreign bodies were organic (bread, peanut, papaya, grasshopper, mango) and 2 (18,18%) were inorganic (stone, battery). Conclusion:  In advanced countries, it is easy to reach parents and raise awareness about the subject, but this is a difficult situation in regions where socioeconomic level is low, communication and economical problems are experienced. Foreign body aspirations may differ in the subtropic belt due to many challanging conditions, but there is no difference in the complications that can be encounteredat the end.

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