West China Journal of Stomatology ›› 2025, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (5): 742-747.doi: 10.7518/hxkq.2025.2024414

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Removal of a fishbone foreign body from the root of the tongue using a translingual ventral approach: case report

Li Chengyan1(), Zhao Shuangyuan1, Li Yi1, Han Bo2, Zhang Bowen2()   

  1. 1.State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases & National Center for Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Dept. of Head and Neck Oncology, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
    2.State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases & National Center for Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Dept. Comfort Treatment Center/Day Surgery Center, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
  • Received:2024-11-12 Revised:2025-03-08 Online:2025-10-01 Published:2025-10-21
  • Contact: Zhang Bowen E-mail:lcyan1101@163.com;405107934@qq.com
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China Youth Program(82103673)

Abstract:

Foreign bodies in the tongue are rare in clinical practice. Accurate localization and appropriate surgical path selection are essential to reduce surgical risk and postoperative complications. This paper reports a case in which the fishbone foreign body at the base of tongue was removed using a translingual ventral approach aided with imaging localization.

Key words: tongue, foreign body, fishbone, translingual ventral approach

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