2019 Annals of the Royal College o…

Wooden spatula sinusitis following maxillary expansion surgery.

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Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England Vol. 101 (1) : e20-e22 • Jan 2019

Sinusitis is a recognised rare complication of palatine expansion procedures and is usually caused by the presence of an oroantral fistula. We report the first case of unilateral sinusitis as a result of a retained foreign body (a wooden spatula) following a surgically assisted rapid palatine expansion procedure.

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