title: [A new complication related to prolonged prone position: a masseter muscle haematoma].
abstract: We report a case of a 54-year-old man who underwent an prolonged spinal osteosynthesis complicated by a masseter muscle compressive ischaemia and haematoma in the early postoperative period. A special attention of the body compressive points in particular of the face, in association with an horseshoe's headstall, would have probably lead to avoid this complication in this risk factors patient.
authors.affiliation: Département d'anesthésie-réanimation, hôpital Lapeyronie, centre hospitalier universitaire de Montpellier, 34925 Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Abbal
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Choquet
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gourari
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Capdevila
mesh_terms: D006406:Hematoma / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008406:Masseter Muscle; D008875:Middle Aged; D056888:Patient Positioning / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016684:Prone Position; D013997:Time Factors