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Foreign bodies in otorhinolaryngology

Management and outcome

Ali S. Al-Qahtani, Abdelaziz Qobty, Abdullah Al-Shahrani and Ali K. Alshehri
Saudi Medical Journal July 2020, 41 (7) 715-719; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2020.7.25137
Ali S. Al-Qahtani
From the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Al-Qahtani), College of Medicine (Alshehri), King Khalid University and from the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery (Qobty, Al-Shahrani), Aseer Central Hospital, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Abdelaziz Qobty
From the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Al-Qahtani), College of Medicine (Alshehri), King Khalid University and from the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery (Qobty, Al-Shahrani), Aseer Central Hospital, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Abdullah Al-Shahrani
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Ali K. Alshehri
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