Lateral Orbitotomy: approach to intraorbital bullet | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery | ||
| Article 7, Volume 12, Issue 4, October 2021, Pages 282-285 PDF (416.18 K) | ||
| Document Type: Case Report | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/omx.2021.97327.1138 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Ali Abdelsalam* ; Mohammed Mahdi; Osama Mukhtar; Yousif Eltohami | ||
| Department of OMFS, Khartoum Dental teaching hospital, Sudan | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background : Multiple approaches to intraorbital foreign bodies and lesions have been described.The selection of the right and proper approach is always a challenging decision. A 9 years old Sudanese child was shot when a plummet of a blank bullet shot him while sleeping in his house. In multidisciplinary joint surgery, Lateral orbitotomy through Cantholysis with canthotomy approach was performed to remove the intraorbital bullet. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Trauma; Gunshot; intraorbital bullet; lateral orbitotomy approach; cantholysis | ||
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