Several yearts ago I had an operation ( food was getting lodged in the
windpipe) where a tube was inserted down the wind pipe and a balloon
was then blown up to breakup a blockage of webs....It was called
something  ______ ring.
What was it called?

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Request for Question Clarification by pinkfreud-ga on 31 Jan 2006 15:38 PST

I wonder if you may be referring to the esophagus rather than the
windpipe. Do any of these terms sound familiar?

Lower esophageal ring 
Esophagogastric ring
Schatzki ring 

More info here:

http://www.emedicine.com/radio/topic620.htm

Please let me know if this is the information you're looking for.

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Request for Question Clarification by pinkfreud-ga on 04 Feb 2006 13:59 PST

If the material I posted above was not what you were looking for, it
would be very helpful if you could give us a few more details.