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Removal of nasal foreign bodies with a Fogarty biliary balloon catheter

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

V. Nandapalan  and
J. C. McIlwain
V. Nandapalan*
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Whiston Hospital, Prescot, Merseyside L35 5DR.
J. C. McIlwain
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Whiston Hospital, Prescot, Merseyside L35 5DR.
*
Mr V. Nandapalan, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Whiston Hospital, Prescot, Merseyside L35 5DR.
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Abstract

Twenty-five children with a range of nasal foreign bodies, which were not easily amenable to anterior instrumental extraction, were considered for this study. These foreign bodies were removed by the use of a Fogarty biliary balloon catheter (Intimax) successfully in 23 children. In two children no foreign body was found. None of the children had any complications.

This is a safe procedure which can be performed as an out-patient. Whilst the cost of the catheter may appear expensive, in comparison to the cost of admission for removal of similarly sited foreign bodies under general anaesthesia, the catheter fares favourably.

Keywords

Foreign bodyNoseBalloon catheterization
Type
Main Articles
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 108 , Issue 9 , September 1994 , pp. 758 - 760
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1994

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