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Low‐cost dual‐action aural foreign‐body extractor
Author(s) -
Dwivedi Raghav C.,
Dwivedi Ravi C.,
Bhatia Naresh,
RhysEvans Peter H.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1002/lary.20057
Subject(s) - foreign body , extractor , action (physics) , dual (grammatical number) , visualization , computer science , psychology , operations management , medicine , engineering , artificial intelligence , surgery , art , process engineering , physics , literature , quantum mechanics
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. Laryngoscope, 119:351–354, 2009