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 proprietary surgical procedure of acclarent inc used in the treatment of chronic sinusitis the procedure in layman s terms involves inserting a flexible catheter small rubber like tube via the nostrils up into the narrowed or blocked openings of the sinusesthere the balloon is slowly inflated to enlarge the narrowed or blocked sinus passageways and then withdrawnhe procedure in layman s terms involves inserting a flexible catheter small rubber like tube via the nostrils up into the narrowed or blocked openings of the sinuses there the balloon is slowly inflated to enlarge the narrowed or blocked sinus passageways and then withdrawn
balloon angioplasty. noun. Medical Definition of balloon angioplasty. : dilation of an obstructed atherosclerotic artery by the passage of a balloon catheter through the vessel to the area of disease where inflation of the catheter's tip compresses the plaque against the vessel wall.