Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-1-2009
Abstract
This article presents a distant complication in the auricle following the administration of a standard inferior alveolar nerve block. The patient experienced profound numbness of the auricle on the ipsilateral side of the injection that lasted for about an hour following unintended injection to the auriculotemporal nerve.
Keywords
Anesthesia, Injection, Amaurosis, Anatomy
Divisions
OralMaxillofacialSurgery
Publication Title
British Dental Journal
Volume
207
Issue
1
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
Additional Information
Times Cited: 0 Ngeow, W. C. Chai, W. L.
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