“Visual Hook” for the removal of nasal foreign body – Case report

Sabari Nath

doi:10.1515/rjr-2016-0029

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“Visual Hook” for the removal of nasal foreign body – Case report

Romanian Journal of Rhinology

Volume 6 (2016): Issue 24 (December 2016)

By: Sabari Nath

Open Access

|Nov 2016

Abstract

We present a case of paediatric nasal foreign body removal using a flexible nasopharyngolaryngoscope, which is used both as an endoscope for visualization and as a hook for the rapid and complete removal of the nasal foreign body (“Visual Hook“).

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