Removal of a pellet from the left orbital cavity by image-guided endoscopic navigation

Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2007 Apr;36(4):358-61. doi: 10.1016/j.ijom.2006.11.008. Epub 2007 Jan 16.

Abstract

In the cranio-maxillofacial field, computer-aided surgery based on computed tomography data is becoming increasingly important. Complex surgical procedures can be performed utilizing preoperative imaging to provide real-time localization of surgical instruments in the surgical field. Image-data-based navigation plays an ever-increasing role in cases of minimal invasive surgery. The case is presented here of a 58-year-old male patient referred after a hunting accident with a pellet in the left orbit. After transferring the preoperatively acquired computed tomography data to a commercially available navigation system, the bullet was removed through the original wound canal using an intraoperatively calibrated high-resolution endoscope.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Endoscopes
  • Endoscopy*
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Foreign Bodies / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures
  • Orbit / injuries*
  • Orbit / surgery
  • Surgery, Computer-Assisted* / instrumentation
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Wounds, Gunshot / surgery*