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Intrasphenoidal migration of a premaxillary Kirschner wire
A Kayikçioğlu1, S Karamüsel, E Mavili
1Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Abstract
Objective:
The use of Kirschner wire for the fixation of premaxilla is a well-known method in bilateral cleft lip surgery. We report a case in which the Kirschner wire of the premaxillary fixation had migrated intrasphenoidally.
Results And Conclusions:
The foreign body was accidentally discovered during a cephalometric analysis and was taken out surgically through an upper lip sulcus incision. Although the wire remained asymptomatic for 10 years, it constituted a potential danger for intracranial migration.