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Spherical foreign bodies in the oesophagus removed by balloon angiographic catheter

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2006

N. Vishnu Swaroop Reddy ,
C. Bhatt ,
R. H. Vaughan-Jones  and
T. N. Reddy
C. Bhatt
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Staffordshire General Hospital, Stafford, UK
R. H. Vaughan-Jones
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Worcester Royal Infirmary, Worcester, UK
T. N. Reddy
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Staffordshire General Hospital, Stafford, UK
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Abstract

Two children aged three and seven years presented to the department of Otolaryngology with total dysphagia following the accidental swallowing of a steel ball bearing and a plastic ball. These rare spherical foreign bodies were removed successfully by oesophagoscopy under general anaesthesia using an innovative method involving a balloon angiographic catheter.

Keywords

Foreign BodiesOesophagusSurgical ProceduresOperative
Type
Brief Report
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 116 , Issue 3 , March 2002 , pp. 208 - 210
Copyright
© Royal Society of Medicine Press Limited 2002

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