An uncommon experience during removal of a foreign body from ear of a child

Journal Title: Bengal Journal of Otolaryngology and Head Neck Surgery - Year 2016, Vol 24, Issue 1

Abstract

A difficult to extract geoid bead was successfully removed from the middle ear cavity by threading it with monofilament polypropylene without drill-out of the bony annulus or widening the isthmus of the external auditory canal.

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Sanjoy Ghosh, Abir Chaudhury

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Sanjoy Ghosh, Abir Chaudhury (2016). An uncommon experience during removal of a foreign body from ear of a child. Bengal Journal of Otolaryngology and Head Neck Surgery, 24(1), 47-48. https://europub.co.uk./articles/-A-433924