International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology Extra
Volume 5, Issue 2 , Pages 85-88 , March 2010

Removal of longstanding laryngopharyngeal foreign bodies from three children

  • Zhihong Deng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, 17 West Chang Le Road, Xi’an, Shaanxi Province 710032, PR China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +86 29 84776147; fax: +86 29 83218039.
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  • Jianhua Qiu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, 17 West Chang Le Road, Xi’an, Shaanxi Province 710032, PR China
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  • Dan Bai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, 17 West Chang Le Road, Xi’an, Shaanxi Province 710032, PR China
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  • Li Shi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, 17 West Chang Le Road, Xi’an, Shaanxi Province 710032, PR China
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  • Yu Zhao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, 17 West Chang Le Road, Xi’an, Shaanxi Province 710032, PR China
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  • Gu Gong

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesiology, Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, 17 West Chang Le Road, Xi’an, Shaanxi Province 710032, PR China
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  • Yongli Song

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, 17 West Chang Le Road, Xi’an, Shaanxi Province 710032, PR China
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  • Yang Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, 17 West Chang Le Road, Xi’an, Shaanxi Province 710032, PR China
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  • Xiaona Zong

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, 17 West Chang Le Road, Xi’an, Shaanxi Province 710032, PR China

Received 17 December 2008 ,Revised 15 March 2009 ,Accepted 20 March 2009.

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PII: S1871-4048(09)00022-7

doi: 10.1016/j.pedex.2009.03.004

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology Extra
Volume 5, Issue 2 , Pages 85-88 , March 2010

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