Abstract

ZEQUEIRA PENA, Jorge Luis; GARCIA-ROCO PEREZ, Oscar  and  ARREDONDO LOPEZ, Miguel. Infecciones quirúrgicas en cirugía maxilofacial: Nuestra experiencia. Rev Cubana Estomatol [online]. 2003, vol.40, n.1, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-297X.

A statistical study was conducted among 1 026 patients that were operated on at the Maxillofacial Surgery Service of "Manuel Ascunce Domenech" Provincial Hospital in 2001. Surgical infection was confirmed in 35 of them (3.41 %). The highest number of patients corresponded to those who had undergone ambulatory surgery (3.39 %). The most infective nosological entity was orthognathic surgery (22.22 %). No relation was found between the infected patients and the predisposing diseases.

Keywords : SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SURGERY, ORAL; INCIDENCE.