Migrated maxillary implant removed via semilunar hiatus by transnasal endoscope.
Endoscopic surgery via nasal approach to remove the implant body from the semilunar hiatus is presented with the images of the computed tomography and the intraoperative endoscopic findings.
Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgical Reconstruction and Functional Restoration, Department of Developmental and Reconstructive Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Sakamoto, Nagasaki, Japan. a-kit@nagasaki-u.ac.jp
Akira
A
Kitamura
Jorge L
JL
Zeredo
D015921:Dental Implants / Q000009:adverse effects*; D019723:Endoscopes; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008443:Maxillary Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D015523:Maxillary Sinusitis / Q000209:etiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009666:Nose / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D015921:Dental Implants