A PRESS-THROUGH-PACK IN THE LARYNX

Authors
KUMAGAI M IKEDA K OSHIMA T NAKATSUKA S TAKASAKA T
Citation
M. Kumagai et al., A PRESS-THROUGH-PACK IN THE LARYNX, Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine, 183(4), 1997, pp. 293-295
Citations number
8
Journal title
Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
00408727
Volume
183
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
293 - 295
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-8727(1997)183:4<293:APITL>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
A case of a 96-year-old male with a foreign body in the larynx is repo rted. The foreign body was a press-through-pack (PTP), a plastic packi ng for medicine, 16 mm x 16 mm x 3 mm in size. The PTP was safely remo ved from the larynx under general anesthesia. (C) 1997 Tohoku Universi ty Medical Press.