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CUTHBERT TUNSTALL, M.D.

Arch Otolaryngol. 1930;11(6):782-783.

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The instrument illustrated was designed to make easily and quickly an antronasal opening ample for the treatment in the average case of antritis. It is a combination of the beak on Sluder's separable antrum forceps, tilted at an angle to facilitate penetration of the bony wall, and Koffler's septum forceps. In use it has been quite satisfactory. Its good points are: 1. It is easy to introduce beneath the turbinate. 2. It removes the piece of bone which it breaks out. 3. It is rarely necessary to take more than one bite. 4. It is strong enough to handle as thick bone as is likely to be found. 5. Its shape keeps the hand out of the line of vision.

The instrument is used as follows: After the lower turbinate has been infracted, the forceps is introduced closed into the inferior meatus; the operator uses the right hand for the . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication, Jan. 10, 1930.

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