Citation

Tong MC, Woo JK, Sham CL, van Hasselt CA. J. Laryngol. Otol. 1995; 109(10): 965-970.

Affiliation

Department of Surgery, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1995, JLO Ltd., Publisher Cambridge University Press)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7499950

Abstract

A prospective study of all foreign body complaints presenting through our Accident and Emergency Department was conducted in a population where the condition is endemic. All patients were managed by otolaryngologists. Six hundred and eight patients were attended to yielding 179 foreign bodies. Making use of modern equipment and a practical approach, the requirement for examination under general anesthesia was 6.3 per cent. In this series there was a complication rate of 0.5 per cent.

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