title: [Results of perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis in orthognathic surgery].
abstract: Intraoral approaches are commonly used for the surgical correction of dysgnathia. Because of the massive contamination of these wounds, antibiotic therapy is considered necessary. In a study on an unselected patient population the benefit of perioperative short-term prophylaxis is compared with that of postoperative long-term treatment. The results have shown perioperative short-term prophylaxis with penicillin to be extra-ordinarily effective vis à vis long-term treatment with oxytetracycline. Inflammatory complications did not occur, whereas in a control group they were observed in almost one fifth of the patients. In addition, this form of short-term prophylaxis is far more economical. The differences are statistically significant.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Kiefer-Gesichtschirurgie und Chirurgische Stomatologie, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schubert
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schäfer
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008310:Malocclusion / Q000601:surgery*; D010118:Oxytetracycline / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010406:Penicillins / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011292:Premedication; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D010406:Penicillins; D010118:Oxytetracycline
vernacular_title: Erfahrungen mit perioperativer Antibiotikaprophylaxe bei Dysgnathieoperationen.