kucuker, ismail ondokuz mayýs university - faculty of medicine - department of plastic reconstructive and aesthetic surgery, Turkey , cukurluoglu, onur , eryilmaz, tolga dışkapı research and trainig hospital - department of plastic reconstructive and aesthetic surgery, Turkey , tuncer, serhan gazi university - faculty of medicine - department of plastic reconstructive and aesthetic surgery, Turkey , ozmen, selahattin koç university - faculty of medicine - department of plastic reconstructive and aesthetic surgery, Turkey

Unusual cause of refractory infection in head and neck surgery; Retained surgical sponges

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Refractory infections are not common in head and neck region. As gossypiboma (retained surgical sponges) is also rare in head and neck surgeries, it is generally ignored as a potential diagnosis. In this article we aimed to call attention to gossypiboma cases in refractory maxillary infections. We present three cases of retained surgical sponges after head and neck surgery occurred in between 2003 and 2011. We also discussed the possible causes and prevention strategies for them.

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Facial surgery , Gossypiboma , Maxilla surgery , Neck dissection , Retained surgical sponge , Spangioma

Journal Of Experimental an‎d Clinical Medicine

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