How Plastic and Endoscopic Assisted Surgery Can Help Foreign Body Removal?

Seyed Behzad Pousti; Farzad Izadi; Neda Nikpour; Amir Shirali

doi:10.1007/s12070-011-0177-y

How Plastic and Endoscopic Assisted Surgery Can Help Foreign Body Removal?

Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2020 Dec;72(4):513-514. doi: 10.1007/s12070-011-0177-y. Epub 2011 Apr 17.

Authors

Seyed Behzad Pousti¹, Farzad Izadi¹, Neda Nikpour¹, Amir Shirali¹

Affiliation

¹ E.N.T Department & Ear, Nose, Throat, and Head & Neck Surgery Research Center, Hazrat Rasoul - Akram Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

In this study we report a case with foreign body in the infratemporal fossa. The anatomic position of this region and the presence of important neurovascular structures make this region a sophisticated one. Commonly used open procedures can have morbidity of neurovascular system. To prevent probable complications like facial nerve injury in this case which was the most important factor for us, we decided to remove the foreign body under endoscopic guide.

Keywords: Endoscopic surgery; Foreign body; Infratemporal fossa.

Publication types

Case Reports