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Patient is a (b)(6) male weighing (b)(6) with no relevant preexisting conditions.Physician made 3 passes with the spin xtend needle.Before inserting the needle into the scope on the 4th pass, physician noticed a piece of metal sticking out of the distal end, just barely passed the sheath.I came around to inspect.We deployed the needle, while outside of the patient, to test it and the metal piece remained stationary.I suggested we could replace it, but physician went forward with the same needle for a 4th pass.Physician completed his 4th pass but when he removed the needle from the scope, he noticed the metal piece was not sticking out anymore.He immediately asked for a therapeutic scope and conventional forceps, where he discovered the metal piece was inside the tracheal tube.He successfully removed it with the forceps and moved on to ebus.
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