Benazzou Salma, Cheynet François, Brignol Laurent, Guyot Laurent, Chossegros Cyrille
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Timone University Medical Center, Marseilles, France.
J Craniofac Surg. 2009 Mar;20(2):575-6. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e31819ba53a.
Impaction of the third molar is relatively frequent in oral and maxillofacial surgery, and its removal is a usual operation with mostly unremarkable outcome. We report a case of bleeding that occurred after a left upper third molar extraction, which necessitated in emergency an angiography with embolization.