Conclusions
1. Always look at the airway in two projections before trying balloon extraction of an esophageal foreign body.
2. Don't try balloon extraction if the trachea is narrowed by esophageal edema.
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Department of Radiology, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, Babies Hospital, New York, New York, USA
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Berdon, W.E. On the preceding paper by R. Towbin, H.M. Lederman, J.S. Dunbar, W.S. Ball, and J.L. Strife: Esophageal edema as a predictor of unsuccessful balloon extraction. Pediatr Radiol 19, 365 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02387627
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