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Access Leads to Success: Management of Gunshot Injury to Maxillofacial Region with Access Osteotomy for Bullet Retrieval

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Head, face and neck are three highly separate frame area that behave in a different way in phrases of gunshot injuries. Interpersonal violence, assaults, accidents and suicide attempts being the most common reason in most developed and developing countries. Morbidity and mortality to this area depends on the type of weapon used,entry and exit path and the distance from where it is fired. The complexity of facial skeleton and its close association with important vital structure makes the management of these gunshot wounds challenging in terms of accessibility, visibility and wound management. Here we present a case of access osteotomy in the form of maxillary Lefort I osteotomy for bullet retrieval lodged in nasopharyngeal area following gunshot injury due to interpersonal violence.

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  1. Rajeshwar Hospital, Patna, Bihar, India

    Uma Shankar

  2. Mahatma Gandhi Cancer Hospital, Miraj, Maharashtra, India

    Himanshu Soni

  3. Awadh Dental College, Jamsedhpur, Jharkhand, India

    Arpita Komal

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Shankar, U., Soni, H. & Komal, A. Access Leads to Success: Management of Gunshot Injury to Maxillofacial Region with Access Osteotomy for Bullet Retrieval. J. Maxillofac. Oral Surg. 21, 1397–1403 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12663-021-01609-x

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