J Korean Assoc Oral Maxillofac Surg.  2004 Dec;30(6):536-539.

Effect of immediate rubber drainage on the dental apicoectomy in geriatric cancer patients : report of cases

• Yoo JH
• Han SK
• Chung WG
• Noh HJ
• Kim YN
• Jang SO
• Jeon HS
• Kim JB
• Nam KY

Abstract

The apicoectomy is an operation in which the root apex is removed and the adjacent periapical pathologic tissue is curetted. In this operation, there are several factors that may lead to the surgical wound infection, such as, local, systemic, environmental, endogenous and surgical factor. The systemic medical and surgical factor that may compromise patients' defense are more important cause of the wound infection. The postoperative infection is likely to occur owing to poor systemic condition(especially geriatric cancer patient with operation, radiotherapy and chemotherapy), postoperative accumulation of hematoma and seroma and other contaminated factors. So, the authors established the immediate rubber drainage into the sutured wound of dental apicoectomy for the prevention of postoperative infection. The results are more favorable without the wound infection in total 31 cases of the dentistry of Dong San Medical Center and Wonju Christian Hospital.

Keyword

Geriatric cancer patient; Dental apicoectomy; Immediate rubber drainage; Wound infection control

MeSH Terms

Apicoectomy*
Dentistry
Drainage*
Gangwon-do
Hematoma
Humans
Radiotherapy
Rubber*
Seroma
Surgical Wound Infection
Wound Infection
Wounds and Injuries
Rubber