An unusual complication following inferior turbinectomy.
Neurological complications following turbinate surgery are relatively rare. We present here an unusual complication of unilateral partial oculomotor and trigeminal nerve palsy after bilateral inferior turbinectomies. The probable aetiological mechanism is discussed.
Ravikumar
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Department of Otolaryngology, North Riding Infirmary, Middlesbrough.
Griffiths
T D
TD
Flood
L M
LM
McNeela
B J
BJ
D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015508:Nasal Obstruction / Q000601:surgery; D015840:Oculomotor Nerve Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D010243:Paralysis / Q000209:etiology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D014276:Trigeminal Nerve; D014420:Turbinates / Q000601:surgery*