TY - JOUR ID - 87794 TI - Unique Case of Gossypiboma following Treatment of the Orbitozygomatic Complex Fracture JO - Archives of Trauma Research JA - ATR LA - en SN - 2251-953X AU - Nezafati, Saeed AU - Arta, Seyed Ahmad AU - Amani, Masoomeh AU - Ahmadpour, Farzin AD - Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz AD - Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran Y1 - 2017 PY - 2017 VL - 6 IS - 4 SP - 98 EP - 100 KW - Foreign body KW - maxillary sinusitis KW - orbital fractures DO - 10.4103/atr.atr_37_17 N2 - Transmaxillary approach to the orbital floor has been used successfully to treat the blowout fracture by antral packing to support the orbital floor. However, antral packs are associated with a high incidence of infection and persistent oroantral fistula. A 30‑year‑old man with a history of the orbitozygomatic complex fracture 8 years ago presented with a persistent facial wound on the right side of the cheek. The patient underwent an exploratory surgery under general anesthesia, and the maxillary sinus was approached through the Caldwell‑Luc operation and a long 2‑m nasal tampon was found in the sinus. Foreign bodies including gossypibomas are rare, hard to diagnose, and mostly asymptomatic and in chronic cases do not reveal specific radiological and clinical signs for differential diagnosis. Therefore, in the evaluation of the soft‑tissue lesions in patients with a history of a prior operation, it is wise to consider foreign bodies in the differential diagnosis. UR - https://archtrauma.kaums.ac.ir/article_87794.html L1 - https://archtrauma.kaums.ac.ir/article_87794_91e7b96999f901e394728583cb946cbb.pdf ER -