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Penetrating injury of the facial skeleton through the orbit, by a massive metallic shotgun block: A case report.

Polini F, Robiony M, Toro C, Costa F, Sembronio S, Politi M

Department of Maxillo-Facial Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Udine, P.le Santa Maria della Misericordia, 33100 Udine, Italy. francesco.polini@katamail.com

We present a case of invasion of the orbit and the infra-temporal fossa by a massive breechblock from a shotgun. The block was removed and two months later the orbit was reconstructed with iliac crest. Six months after that the patient had plastic surgery and insertion of ocular prosthesis.

Published 23 October 2007 in Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg, 45(7): 586-7.
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