Open AccessAn extremely rare pseudoaneurysm of posterior superior alveolar artery arising after orthognathic surgery
Author(s) -
K. P. Manoj Kumar,
Aswin Mullath,
Depesh Vijayakumar,
Aswathi Vinod
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
national journal of maxillofacial surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-3418
pISSN - 0975-5950
DOI - 10.4103/njms.njms_74_20
Subject(s) - medicine , orthognathic surgery , pseudoaneurysm , surgery , osteotomy , embolization , maxillary artery , aneurysm
Le Fort 1 osteotomy is one of the most versatile techniques in orthognathic surgery employed for the correction of dentofacial deformities and is considered technically safe. Pseudoaneurysms (PAs) which can cause life-threatening hemorrhage are rare after corrective jaw surgery. Here, we describe a clinical case of delayed postoperative epistaxis secondary to an extremely rare PA of the posterior superior alveolar artery followed by Le Fort 1 osteotomy subsequently managed with endovascular selective embolization.