Reconstruction of a traumatically transected Stensen's duct using facial vein graft

Traumatic injuries to the lower third of the face can result in damage to various vital structures. We report a case of traumatically avulsed Stenson's duct and facial vein wherein the vein was used as a free graft to lengthen the duct. The paper highlights the need on how best to utilise the l...

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Autores principales: Awana, Meenakshi, Arora, Srimathy S., Arora, Sunil, Hansraj, Varun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
Materias:
Case Report - Trauma
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4555959/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26389044
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2231-0746.161095
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Sumario:Traumatic injuries to the lower third of the face can result in damage to various vital structures. We report a case of traumatically avulsed Stenson's duct and facial vein wherein the vein was used as a free graft to lengthen the duct. The paper highlights the need on how best to utilise the locally available and viable tissues as free grafts.

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