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Endoscopic Septoplasty with Limited Two-line Resection: Minimally Invasive Surgery for Septal Deviation
Published on: June 20, 2018
Unusual complication of condrocostal implant in rhinoplasty
Evaristo Belli1, Pasquale Virciglio, Giuseppina Fini
1From the *Unit of Maxillo-Facial Surgery, University of Rome "Sapienza," Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria "Sant'Andrea," †Unit of Maxillo-Facial Surgery, University of Rome "Sapienza," Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria "Policlinico Umberto I," Rome; ‡Unit of Maxillo-Facial Surgery, University of Messina, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria "Policlinico G. Martino," Messina; and §Unit of Neurosurgery, University of Rome "Sapienza," Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria "Sant'Andrea," Rome, Italy.
Abstract:
A 67-year-old patient with a casual diagnosis of a foreign body within the frontal sinus outreaching the frontal cerebral parenchyma was treated. Results of anamnestic examination revealed that the patient underwent rhinoplasty with condrocostal implant of the nasal dorsum fixed to the anterior wall of the frontal sinus using a Kirschner wire 2 years ago. A combined transnasal endoscopic and transcranic approach was performed to remove the foreign body.
