Spherical foreign bodies in the oesophagus removed by balloon angiographic catheter.
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.
Reddy
N Vishnu Swaroop
NV
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Staffordshire General Hospital, Stafford, UK. vishnureddyn@hotmail.com
Bhatt
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Vaughan-Jones
R H
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Reddy
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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