title: [The "incompletely operated" surgical patient as an emergency in the oral surgery clinic].
abstract: The evaluation of a large series of cases with uncompleted surgical treatment should lead to recommendations concerning the correct management of these patients. From 1983 to 1992, cases with uncompleted surgical treatment (n = 741) represented 1.6% of all patients treated. 715 cases were related to the removal of teeth: in 431 patients the completion of treatment was sufficient; in 284 cases complications had to be treated. In the majority of cases, documentation and patient management by the primary therapist were incomplete and needed improvement. With respect to this, recommendations are made on the basis of evaluation of the data.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Mund-, Kiefer- und Gesichtschirurgie-Plastische Operationen-im Knappschaftskrankenhaus, Bochum.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Eufinger
authors.forename: N C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Gellrich
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Busche
mesh_terms: D003792:Dental Records; D004630:Emergencies; D006801:Humans; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D013515:Surgery, Oral; D014081:Tooth Extraction