title: Closed-intraoral wound suction: a prospective analysis of 65 cases and a review of the literature.
abstract: Minimizing postsurgical swelling, edema, and pain are important to the patient because of the elective nature of orthognathic surgical procedures. Closed-intraoral wound suction was placed following mandibular osteotomies in 65 consecutive patients. The volume of drainage ranged from 35 to 285 mL (mean of 113 mL). The use of closed-intraoral wound suction only minimally increased the incidence of postsurgical infection and at the same time resulted in considerable subjective improvement in postoperative facial appearance and a decrease in tissue edema and pain.
authors.affiliation: University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City.
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Fridrich
authors.forename: B E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Partnoy
authors.forename: L W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Williamson
mesh_terms: D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004487:Edema / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000379:methods*; D013396:Suction; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000517:prevention & control