title: Low-cost dual-action aural foreign-body extractor.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Head-Neck Unit, The Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK. raghav_dwivedi@rediffmail.com
authors.forename: Raghav C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Dwivedi
authors.forename: Ravi C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Dwivedi
authors.forename: Naresh
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bhatia
authors.forename: Peter H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Rhys-Evans
mesh_terms: D004424:Ear Canal; D004867:Equipment Design; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D013525:Surgical Instruments