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Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod · Feb 2010
Case ReportsIatrogenic pneumomediastinum with extensive subcutaneous emphysema after endodontic treatment: report of 2 cases.
- Yemi Kim, Myung-Rae Kim, and Sun-Jong Kim.
- Department of Endodontics, Graduate School of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea.
- Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod. 2010 Feb 1; 109 (2): e114-9.
AbstractPneumomediastinum with subcutaneous emphysema is a relatively rare complication of dental treatment. The most common dental etiology of this complication is the introduction of air via the air-turbine handpiece during surgical extraction of an impacted tooth, but this complication is very rare after nonsurgical endodontic treatment. We report herein 2 cases of massive pneumomediastinum and cervicofacial subcutaneous emphysema that developed after opening an access cavity for endodontic retreatment. We describe its etiologies and guidelines for the prevention of this complication during nonsurgical endodontic treatment.Copyright (c) 2010 Mosby, Inc. All rights reserved.
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