Management of needle breakage using intraoperative navigation following inferior alveolar nerve block

Giovanni Gerbino; Emanuele Zavattero; Mattia Berrone; Sid Berrone

doi:10.1016/j.joms.2013.07.023

Management of needle breakage using intraoperative navigation following inferior alveolar nerve block

J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2013 Nov;71(11):1819-24. doi: 10.1016/j.joms.2013.07.023.

Authors

Giovanni Gerbino¹, Emanuele Zavattero, Mattia Berrone, Sid Berrone

Affiliation

¹ Assistant Professor, Division of Maxillofacial Surgery, Head and Neck Department, San Giovanni Battista Hospital, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.

PMID: 24135518
DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2013.07.023

Abstract

This report describes a peculiar case of needle breakage during inferior alveolar nerve block to perform third molar extraction that was removed with the aid of a BrainLAB VectorVision neuronavigation system. This report adds to the currently limited scientific literature on the image-guided removal of foreign bodies from the oral cavity.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Equipment Failure*
Foreign Bodies / diagnostic imaging
Foreign Bodies / surgery*
Humans
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / methods
Imaging, Three-Dimensional / methods
Injections / instrumentation
Male
Mandible / diagnostic imaging
Mandibular Nerve*
Molar, Third / surgery
Needles / adverse effects*
Nerve Block / instrumentation*
Pterygoid Muscles / diagnostic imaging
Radiography, Panoramic
Sphenoid Bone / diagnostic imaging
Surgery, Computer-Assisted / methods*
Temporal Bone / diagnostic imaging
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods
Tooth Extraction
Young Adult