A Rare Complication of Septorhinoplasty

SUMMARY: Septoplasty and septorhinoplasty are common procedures. A 28-year-old woman underwent the procedure and presented postoperatively with headache and vomiting and had developed a large pneumocephalus. We describe the case in detail and analyze the possible causes and ways to prevent such a co...

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Autor principal: Al Arfaj, Ahmed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer Health 2015
Materias:
Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4292255/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25587507
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000000224
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spelling pubmed-42922552015-01-13 A Rare Complication of Septorhinoplasty Al Arfaj, Ahmed Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open Case Reports SUMMARY: Septoplasty and septorhinoplasty are common procedures. A 28-year-old woman underwent the procedure and presented postoperatively with headache and vomiting and had developed a large pneumocephalus. We describe the case in detail and analyze the possible causes and ways to prevent such a complication. Wolters Kluwer Health 2015-01-08 /pmc/articles/PMC4292255/ /pubmed/25587507 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000000224 Text en Copyright © 2014 The Authors. Published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins on behalf of The American Society of Plastic Surgeons. PRS Global Open is a publication of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License, where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4292255/
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