Actinomycosis as a rare complication of orthognathic surgery.
Modern orthognathic surgery is said to be clean contaminated due to the intraoral means of access. Complications after orthognathic surgery, a common operation, occur about 10% of the time. Actinomycosis, a rare specific infection, plays a negligible role. Diagnostically, it should be differentiated from other infections that occur a long time after the operation. Three cases of actinomycosis that occurred after orthognathic surgery were observed, and therapeutic measurements are described case by case.
D000038:Abscess / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D000197:Actinomycosis, Cervicofacial / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002680:Chin / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000601:surgery*; D008437:Maxilla / Q000601:surgery*; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D019340:Osteotomy, Le Fort / Q000009:adverse effects; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D013754:Tetracyclines
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D013754:Tetracyclines