title: [Perioperative medical complications in orthognathic surgery].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe per and postoperative medical complications.
  
  
  METHODS
  Prospective, observational study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Between July and December 1999, 59 patients scheduled for programmed orthognathic surgery were included.
  
  
  METHODS
  Anaesthetic and surgical procedures were standardised including patient information and training of surgical ward' nurses. During perioperative periods (in operative and recovery theater and in surgical ward), all the events were qualified on an anaesthetic spreadsheet for a qualitative analysis (description of events and treatment procedures).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Two main complications were described 1) one atelectasia due to blood inhalation during the recovery period and 2) local sepsis in surgical ward. These two events were medically treated and recovered. No need of blood transfusion or stay in ICU were noted.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Anaesthetic and surgical cooperation is associated with poor morbidity of this functional surgery performed in young subjects.
authors.affiliation: Anesthésie-Réanimation, CHU Lyon-Sud, 69495 Pierre Bénite. carry@univ-lyon1.fr
authors.forename: P Y
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Carry
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dubost
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Roche
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Baud
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Breton
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Freidel
authors.forename: P Y
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Gueugniaud
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D001769:Blood; D002680:Chin / Q000601:surgery; D005147:Facial Bones / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D008168:Lung; D008297:Male; D008310:Malocclusion / Q000601:surgery; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative; D056948:Orthognathic Surgical Procedures; D019857:Osteogenesis, Distraction; D010027:Osteotomy; D019340:Osteotomy, Le Fort; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000209:etiology; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D020250:Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting / Q000209:etiology; D011229:Preanesthetic Medication; D011446:Prospective Studies; D001261:Pulmonary Atelectasis / Q000209:etiology; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000209:etiology