Risk Factors for Post-operative Infection Following Single Piece Osteotomy
| Autor: | Soh Chen Loong, P. Senthil Nathan, Rajendra Prabhu Abhinav, M. Madhulaxmi, M. R. Muthusekhar, P. U. Abdul Wahab |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) medicine.medical_treatment Orthognathic surgery Dentistry Retrospective cohort study 030206 dentistry Bone grafting Osteotomy Surgery 03 medical and health sciences Plastic surgery 0302 clinical medicine Otorhinolaryngology 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis medicine Oral and maxillofacial surgery Oral Surgery business Research Paper |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery. 16:328-332 |
| ISSN: | 0974-942X 0972-8279 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s12663-016-0983-6 |
| Popis: | The aim of this retrospective study was to identify the significant risk factors that contribute towards postoperative infection in patients recovering from orthognathic surgery. Retrospective records of 522 patients who underwent orthognathic surgery over 9 year period were evaluated for postoperative infection within 3 months of surgery and after 3 months of surgery. The variables of interest included age, gender, habits like smoking and alcohol consumption and incidence of postoperative infection. The overall infection rate was 4.60%. Patients who underwent bilateral sagittal split osteotomy to advance the mandible had an infection rate of 10.4%. Statistically significant predictor variables (P |
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