Clinical Analysis of 2 Cases of Foreign Bodies Embedded in Oral and Maxillofacial Tissues
HU Bo
MENG Qin
YAN Xing
Abstract：Objective To analyze the causes of oral and maxillofacial trauma patients with foreign bodies with open injury, and propose the preventive measures. Methods A retrospective analysis on the 2 cases of maxillofacial trauma with foreign bodies retention after misdiagnosis or mistherapy was carried out. Results The 2 cases had a history of maxillofacial trauma. In one case, the patient was admitted for the left chin mass for 15 years after the trauma associated with the excess pus of the surface of the skin in the past 2 months. In the other case, the patient was hospitalized because of the open injury preauricular for 3 days. Both of the 2 patients had already undergone debridment and suturing in the local hospitals. Upon ad-mission, they were diagnosed as having foreign bodies retention and nature and the position of the foreign bodies were idenfi-fied by CT and other imaging examinations, which were removed successfully with surgical procedure. Conclusion Clinically admitted open injury patients should undergo debridement carefully. For the suspected the embedded foreign bodies should be checked as soon as possible in imaging examinations. It can help to reduce the incidence rate of post-traumatic foreign bodies retention.
Keywords：Maxillofacial InjuryForeign bodyMisdiagnosis
Publication Date：2015-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 59-61 )