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The Katz Extractor & Nasal Foreign Body Removal

Larry B. Mellick, MD

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  • May be out of date. Uploaded 14 years ago, in an area where guidance changes.

Aimed at clinicians, students or researchers. Education, not medical advice.

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Clinical medicineHow the body worksClinical skills and examsEmergencies and first aid

Larry B. Mellick, MD, demonstrates how to remove a bead from a young girl's nose using a Katz Extractor.

A young girl pulled a bead off her sister's braided hair and stuck it up her own nose. In this video we demonstrate the removal of that bead from her nose using the Katz Extractor.

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What people say. Recommended as a demonstration of a successful nasal foreign body extraction in a pediatric patient.

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