Open AccessRetrieval of foreign body from a postoperative defect in the mandible during the follow-up period: A bizarre occurrence
Author(s) -
Harish Saluja,
B. M. Rudagi,
Uma Mahindra,
Prafful Gaikwad,
Vipin Dehane
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
national journal of maxillofacial surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-3418
pISSN - 0975-5950
DOI - 10.4103/0975-5950.140182
Subject(s) - medicine , foreign body , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , dentistry , wound dehiscence , oral cavity , dehiscence , ameloblastoma , period (music) , surgery , general surgery , maxilla , botany , biology , genus , physics , acoustics
Though reported cases of foreign bodies left intraoperatively in the oral cavity are very few, there is no case mentioned in the literature where foreign body was left behind during follow-up visits. Here, we present an operated case of unicystic ameloblastoma of mandibular ramus region, in which a needle hub was left at the operated site (cavity created because of wound dehiscence) during some of the follow-up visits, which was detected accidently by radiograph and later on retrieved. The case reported was because of negligence of trainee surgeons, might be because of overburden or because of minimal interest in these repeated follow ups. But, a trainee should understand that their work also has similar importance as that of surgeon's work.