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Migration of a maxillofacial fixation device
1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Wilford Hall Medical Center, USA.
General Dentistry
|January 1, 1996
Abstract:
A case is reported of a Kirschner wire, used during orthognathic surgery (genioplasty), migrating to the floor of the mouth. After removal was attempted, the protruding portion of the wire was smoothed flush to the lingual mandibular border. Subsequent healing was uneventful.
