title: Deep vein thrombosis: A rare complication in oral and maxillofacial surgery: A review of two cases.
abstract: Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is caused by obstruction of blood flow of deep veins in upper and lower limb. One of the precipitating factors for DVT is surgery under general anesthesia exceeding 30 min. However, there are very few reports of DVT associated with surgery of oral and maxillofacial region. In this paper we report two cases of DVT involving left ilio-femoropopliteal deep vein in one patient treated for fractured left angle of mandible and left peroneal vein in the other patient treated for oral sub mucous fibrosis. Clinical and color Doppler examination were performed to diagnose the condition and were referred to vascular surgical unit of higher institute for further management. These cases illustrates any surgery of maxillofacial region is not free from risk of DVT, which can cause fatal pulmonary thromboembolism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Mahatma Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Dental Sciences, Pillaiyarkuppam, Pondicherry, India.
authors.forename: M R Ramesh
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Babu
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ramesh
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Thirumurugan
authors.forename: G Arun
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Prasad
keywords: Deep vein thrombosis; fracture mandible; oral and maxillofacial surgery; oral submucous fibrosis; pulmonary embolism; venous thromboembolism