title: Management of needle breakage using intraoperative navigation following inferior alveolar nerve block.
abstract: This report describes a peculiar case of needle breakage during inferior alveolar nerve block to perform third molar extraction that was removed with the aid of a BrainLAB VectorVision neuronavigation system. This report adds to the currently limited scientific literature on the image-guided removal of foreign bodies from the oral cavity.
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Division of Maxillofacial Surgery, Head and Neck Department, San Giovanni Battista Hospital, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gerbino
authors.forename: Emanuele
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zavattero
authors.forename: Mattia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Berrone
authors.forename: Sid
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Berrone
mesh_terms: D004868:Equipment Failure; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods; D007267:Injections / Q000295:instrumentation; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008340:Mandibular Nerve; D008964:Molar, Third / Q000601:surgery; D009339:Needles / Q000009:adverse effects*; D009407:Nerve Block / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011626:Pterygoid Muscles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic; D013100:Sphenoid Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D014081:Tooth Extraction; D055815:Young Adult