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How Plastic and Endoscopic Assisted Surgery Can Help Foreign Body Removal?

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In this study we report a case with foreign body in the infratemporal fossa. The anatomic position of this region and the presence of important neurovascular structures make this region a sophisticated one. Commonly used open procedures can have morbidity of neurovascular system. To prevent probable complications like facial nerve injury in this case which was the most important factor for us, we decided to remove the foreign body under endoscopic guide.

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  1. E.N.T Department & Ear, Nose, Throat, and Head & Neck Surgery Research Center, Hazrat Rasoul - Akram Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Seyed Behzad Pousti, Farzad Izadi, Neda Nikpour & Amir Shirali

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Pousti, S.B., Izadi, F., Nikpour, N. et al. How Plastic and Endoscopic Assisted Surgery Can Help Foreign Body Removal?. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 72, 513–514 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12070-011-0177-y

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