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Tiburtino José de Lima Neto1, Carlos Alexandre de Albuquerque Maranhão2, Patrício José de Oliveira Neto3
1Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Department of Surgery and Integrated Clinic, Araçatuba Dental School, University Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Araçatuba.
Abstract:
Sagittal osteotomy of the mandibular branch is to be included common approach for alteration of facial tooth shapes and it is treated technically safe. This conduct can breed various complications, among other things vascular complications. A clinical case has described the development of pseudoaneurysm in the facial artery in a 33-year patient undergoing bilateral osteotomy Le Fort I sagittal osteotomy of the mandibular branch. Subsequently, there was a vascular complication treated by the vascular surgeon that generated a rejection process to the material used for treatment, generating aesthetic damage to the patient and the need for plastic surgery intervention. The leading mode of conduct of vascular injuries are analyzed, and embolization is established to be technically secure conduct.
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