Pneumomediastinum after Tooth Extraction

Pneumomediastinum is defined as the presence of air in mediastinum. Pneumomediastinum can sometimes occur after surgery. Pneumomediastinum seen after dental procedures is rare. We presented the case of subcutaneous emphysema developed in the neck and upper chest after tooth extraction and discussed...

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Autores principales: Ocakcioglu, Ilhan, Koyuncu, Serhat, Kupeli, Mustafa, Bol, Oguzhan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4771881/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26989552
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/4769180
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author Ocakcioglu, Ilhan
Koyuncu, Serhat
Kupeli, Mustafa
Bol, Oguzhan
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description Pneumomediastinum is defined as the presence of air in mediastinum. Pneumomediastinum can sometimes occur after surgery. Pneumomediastinum seen after dental procedures is rare. We presented the case of subcutaneous emphysema developed in the neck and upper chest after tooth extraction and discussed the possible mechanisms of pneumomediastinum.
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spelling pubmed-47718812016-03-17 Pneumomediastinum after Tooth Extraction Ocakcioglu, Ilhan Koyuncu, Serhat Kupeli, Mustafa Bol, Oguzhan Case Rep Surg Case Report Pneumomediastinum is defined as the presence of air in mediastinum. Pneumomediastinum can sometimes occur after surgery. Pneumomediastinum seen after dental procedures is rare. We presented the case of subcutaneous emphysema developed in the neck and upper chest after tooth extraction and discussed the possible mechanisms of pneumomediastinum. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016 2016-02-16 /pmc/articles/PMC4771881/ /pubmed/26989552 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/4769180 Text en Copyright © 2016 Ilhan Ocakcioglu et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Ocakcioglu, Ilhan
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Pneumomediastinum after Tooth Extraction
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title_full Pneumomediastinum after Tooth Extraction
title_fullStr Pneumomediastinum after Tooth Extraction
title_full_unstemmed Pneumomediastinum after Tooth Extraction
title_short Pneumomediastinum after Tooth Extraction
title_sort pneumomediastinum after tooth extraction
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4771881/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26989552
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/4769180
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