Unusual foreign body in throat.

Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg

Dept. of E.N.T. & Head & Neck Surgery, S.C.B. Medical College and Hospital, Cuttack, Orissa India.

Published: December 2007

Live fish in throat is a rare foreign body. Here we present two such cases. The foreign body were removed under general anaesthesia and nutrition was maintained by Nasogastric tube for few days. Patient returned to normal duty within a week.

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