There are no recent nationwide figures on food choking. In 2001, about 17,500 children 14 and younger were treated in emergency departments for choking, and 60 percent of the episodes were caused by food. In 2000, 160 children died from an obstruction of the respiratory tract.
balloon sinuplasty is a procedure that ear nose and throat surgeons may use for the treatment of blocked sinusespatients diagnosed with sinusitis but not responding to medications may be candidates for sinus surgeryalloon sinuplasty is a procedure that ear nose and throat surgeons may use for the treatment of blocked sinuses
How Balloon Sinuplasty Works. Under general anesthesia, a physician inserts a guide wire catheter equipped with a tiny balloon through the nostril in order to gain access to the blocked sinus passageway and the balloon is inflated, gently opening and widening the sinus passageway.