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Case Reports
. 2013 Nov;71(11):1819-24.
doi: 10.1016/j.joms.2013.07.023.

Management of needle breakage using intraoperative navigation following inferior alveolar nerve block

Giovanni Gerbino  1 , Emanuele Zavattero, Mattia Berrone, Sid Berrone
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Management of needle breakage using intraoperative navigation following inferior alveolar nerve block

Giovanni Gerbino et al. J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2013 Nov.

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.

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