title: Spherical foreign bodies in the oesophagus removed by balloon angiographic catheter.
abstract: Two children aged three and seven years presented to the department of Otolaryngology with total dysphagia following the accidental swallowing of a steel ball bearing and a plastic ball. These rare spherical foreign bodies were removed successfully by oesophagoscopy under general anaesthesia using an innovative method involving a balloon angiographic catheter.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Staffordshire General Hospital, Stafford, UK. vishnureddyn@hotmail.com
authors.forename: N Vishnu Swaroop
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Reddy
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bhatt
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Vaughan-Jones
authors.forename: T N
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Reddy
mesh_terms: D000768:Anesthesia, General; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004945:Esophagoscopy / Q000379:methods; D004947:Esophagus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography