Removal of a submandibular duct calculus with a vascular snare.
- 1 May 1993
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Dento maxillo facial radiology
- Vol. 22 (2) , 97-98
- https://doi.org/10.1259/dmfr.22.2.8375562
Abstract
Conventional management of calculi in the distal portion of the submandibular duct involves surgery under general anaesthesia. We report here a patient whose calculus was successfully removed non-surgically as an outpatient with a vascular snare.Keywords
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