Foreign body in the esophagus is a common emergency presentation. The approach towards a patient with a foreign body in the esophagus comprises a thorough history and systematic examination followed by relevant investigations. However, there is considerable debate over the most appropriate treatment option for such patients. This review aims to develop a comprehensive approach towards patients ...

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Injectable polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) microspheres are nonbiodegradable and too large for macrophage phagocytosis. There are several complications possible to happen, like chronic nonspecific inflammatory reactions, lip stiffness, infection, and granulomas. The occurrence of granulomas can lead to a not aesthetic result, making some extreme changes in the patient's life. The objective of thi...

OBJECTIVES to define the likelihood and establish the overall safety and effectiveness of flexible bronchoscopy in the removal of foreign bodies in the advanced elderly compared to those younger. DESIGN a retrospective case-control analysis. SETTING tertiary care academic hospital. POPULATION 7,089 adults (age >18 years), including 949 (15%) advanced elderly (age >75 years), who underwent...

A survey of 198 patients (210 eyes) with intraocular or intraorbital foreign bodies is presented. Most were males between 16 and 30 years of age, and 6.1% of cases were bilateral. The commonest cause was a flying particle while using a hand hammer, followed by fragments of bomb and mine blasts. Intraorbital foreign bodies occurred in 78 eyes and intraocular foreign bodies in 132 eyes. Irreparab...

the authors report three curious cases of orbital foreign body (the knob of a drawer- the point of a knife and a portion of a metallic weapon ] where despite the severity of the shock and the magnitude of the foreign bodies, the eye and the vision remained intact.

A number of studies have found that foreign direct investment (FDI) can have positive impacts on productivity. However, while FDI has clearly positive impacts on technology transfers, its effects on resource use within firms is less clear and, in principle, efficiency losses might offset some of the productivity gains associated with improved technologies. In this paper, we study the impacts of...

The term ‘foreign accent’ (FA) is used to refer to the pronunciation of a language that shows deviations from native norms. These deviations occur at the phonetic and phonemic level, and at the segmental and prosodic levels, characterising the user of a second language (L2) as a non-native speaker. There is a consensus that the pronunciation of an L2 is deeply affected by the native language, a...

Mrs. B., aged 27, had for many years suffered from attacks of pain in the throat which was localised to the right side of the larynx. She had been seen for this by several doctors, one of whom removed her tonsils without improving the condition?others thought the condition neurasthenic. Recently her daughter, aged two, pressed with her fist against the right side of the patient's larynx, this c...