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Oro-Pharyngo-Laryngeal Foreign Bodies: Some Interesting Cases

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Ingestion of variety of foreign bodies causing respiratory distress and/or dysphagia is worldwide among all age groups. Securing airway by tracheostomy is important and direct laryngoscopy provides immediate diagnosis. The importance of contributory history and its visualization is emphasized in the diagnosis and early management in the described six cases.

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  1. Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, Dr. R.P. Govt. Medical College, Kangra (Tanda), 176001, Himachal Pradesh, India

    Rajnish Chander Sharma & Sunder Singh Dogra

  2. Department of Dermatology, Venereology & Leprosy, Dr. R.P. Govt. Medical College, Kangra (Tanda), 176001, Himachal Pradesh, India

    Vikram K. Mahajan

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Sharma, R.C., Dogra, S.S. & Mahajan, V.K. Oro-Pharyngo-Laryngeal Foreign Bodies: Some Interesting Cases. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 64, 197–200 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12070-011-0473-6

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