A foreign body in the maxillaly sinus: Report of 3 cases.

Murata, Hiroaki; Kida, Shinji; Miura, Kunihiro; Ono, Yoshio; Jinba, Kentaro

doi:10.5794/jjoms.33.1024

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“…On the other hands Caldwell-Luc is more invasive than Endoscopic procedure 5 . Caldwell-Luc is most suitable for any type of foreign bodies specially the elongated foreign body like dental burr located in the floor of the sinus 6 . It ensures direct visualization and removal of foreign body irrespective of size and shape and location of foreign body inside the maxillary sinus.…”

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Metallic Dental Burr as an Iatrogenic Foreign Body in Maxillary Sinus - A Case Report

Ballav¹,

Biswas²,

Ahmed³

et al. 2022

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The foreign body in the maxillary sinus is quite a rare incidence. It may found in the case of maxillofacial trauma causing displacement of the tooth into maxillary sinus. The metallic foreign body may happen in case of gunshot injury and bullet, or pellet may retain in the maxillary sinus. Very rarely metallic foreign body like a dental burr may get lodged into maxillary sinus during dental procedure. If it happens ENT surgeon may be called upon to deal the foreign body.In this article we will describe a case that was referred to the ENT department, Khulna Medical College Hospital for removal of a dental burr retained in maxillary sinus. The accident happened in Dental department of the same hospital. We reviewed the options for the removal of the foreign body. There are two accepted approaches open and endoscopic for management of such cases. We successfully removed the foreign body through open approach.

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