Lateral Soft Tissue X-ray for Patients with Suspected Fishbone in Oropharynx, A thing in the past
Introduction: Fishbone is the most common foreign body found in the oropharynx.Conventionally patients with suspected fishbone in the throat would have mirror laryngoscopy followed by lateral soft tissue X-ray to look for the fishbone or observe impacts caused by the fishbone i.e.soft tissue swelling or air in upper esophagus.However, the most comm