Low-cost dual-action aural foreign-body extractor.
Adequate visualization, appropriate equipment, a cooperative patient, and a skilled physician are keys to successful foreign body removal. The first attempt at removal is critical because success rates markedly decrease after the first failed attempt.
Dwivedi
Raghav C
RC
Head-Neck Unit, The Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK. raghav_dwivedi@rediffmail.com
Dwivedi
Ravi C
RC
Bhatia
Naresh
N
Rhys-Evans
Peter H
PH
D004424:Ear Canal; D004867:Equipment Design; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D013525:Surgical Instruments