title: Difficult button battery ear foreign body removal: the magnetic solution.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Removing a button battery from the ear can be a tricky and challenging procedure.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We describe the innovative use of a magnetic telescopic rod to successfully remove a button battery from the ear canal of a nine-year-old boy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We propose that this equipment should be available in ENT clinics and operating theatres to be used for removing foreign bodies made from ferrous materials.
authors.affiliation: ENT Department,Scunthorpe General Hospital,UK.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Nivatvongs
authors.affiliation: ENT Department,Scunthorpe General Hospital,UK.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ghabour
authors.affiliation: ENT Department,Scunthorpe General Hospital,UK.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dhanasekar
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D004423:Ear; D011211:Electric Power Supplies; D005296:Ferrous Compounds; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D059346:Magnets; D008297:Male; D013525:Surgical Instruments
chemical_list: D005296:Ferrous Compounds
keywords: Emergency Medicine