Antibiotic prophylaxis in electively treated facial fractures. II Part

Authors

  • José Manuel Díaz Fernández Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico Docente "Saturnino Lora". Santiago de Cuba
  • Angel Sánchez Torres Hospital Clinicoquirúrgico Obstétrico "Celia Sánchez Manduley" de Manzanillo, Granma.
  • Milagros C. Gross Fernández Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico Docente "Saturnino Lora". Santiago de Cuba

Keywords:

PROSPECTIVE STUDIES, COMPARATIVE STUDY, HOSPITAL INFECTION, physiopathology, MANDIBULAR FRACTURES, surgery, CIGOMATIC FRACTURES, surgery.

Abstract

A prospective and comparative study was conducted in order to establish the possible relationship between the postoperative evolution of 100 patients with maxillofacial fractures, electively operated and in whom prophylactic antibiotic was used or not, and a series of factors inherent to hospitalization. and operation. It was demonstrated that the average preoperative stay of 7.7 days and a surgical time of more than 2 hours and 30 minutes in patients operated between the third and fourth surgical shifts, with the participation of more than 9 people in the operating room and a stay Postoperative period greater than 10 days, increase the possibility of infections in surgical wounds of the maxillofacial complex.

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Published

1995-07-01

How to Cite

1.
Díaz Fernández JM, Sánchez Torres A, Gross Fernández MC. Antibiotic prophylaxis in electively treated facial fractures. II Part. Rev Cubana Estomatol [Internet]. 1995 Jul. 1 [cited 2026 Feb. 4];32(2):95-8. Available from: https://revestomatologia.sld.cu/index.php/est/article/view/2845

Issue

Vol. 32 No. 2 (1995): JUL- DEC

Section

Research Article

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