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Destructive complication due to the use of a microdebrider: a case report

Volume 7 · Issue 4 Publish Date: December 15, 2011
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S. Civelek
1st Ear Nose Throat-Head Neck Surgery Clinic
I. Sayin
Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, CHU Dinant Godinne, Yvoir, Belgium
A. Yilmaz
Neurosurgery Clinic, Şişli Etfal Teaching and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
S. Turgut
1st Ear Nose Throat-Head Neck Surgery Clinic
Civelek, S., Sayin, I., Yilmaz, A., & Turgut, S. (2011). Destructive complication due to the use of a microdebrider: a case report. B-ENT, 7(4), 289–292. Retrieved from https://www.b-ent.be/index.php/pub/article/view/395
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Abstract

Destructive complication due to the use of a microdebrider: a case report. Microdebriders are powered tools used in ear, nose, and throat surgeries. In this case, a use of a microdebrider in a patient who underwent revision endoscopic sinus surgery for nasal polyposis resulted in a destructive complication, namely a large skull base defect.

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Published In
Journal B-ENT
Volume / Issue Volume 7 · Issue 4
Pages 289-292
History
Published Online December 15, 2011
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S. Civelek
1st Ear Nose Throat-Head Neck Surgery Clinic
I. Sayin
Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, CHU Dinant Godinne, Yvoir, Belgium
A. Yilmaz
Neurosurgery Clinic, Şişli Etfal Teaching and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
S. Turgut
1st Ear Nose Throat-Head Neck Surgery Clinic
Cite this Article
Civelek, S., Sayin, I., Yilmaz, A., & Turgut, S. (2011). Destructive complication due to the use of a microdebrider: a case report. B-ENT, 7(4), 289–292. Retrieved from https://www.b-ent.be/index.php/pub/article/view/395
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