TY - JOUR
T1 - Presentation and management of deep neck space abscess
AU - Panduranga Kamath, M.
AU - Shetty, Ashok B.
AU - Hegde, Mahesh Chandra
AU - Sreedharan, Suja
AU - Bhojwani, Kiran
AU - Padmanabhan, K.
AU - Agarwal, Saurabh
AU - Mathew, Manoj
AU - Rejeev Kumar, M.
PY - 2003/10/1
Y1 - 2003/10/1
N2 - Objective: To study the presentation, etiology, microbiology and morbidity of deep neck space infections. Study Design: Retrospective study. Methods: 29 patients admitted in Kasturba Medical College Hospital, Mangalore, India between January 1997 and December 2002 with deep neck space infections were included in the study. Results: The most common space involved was the parapharyngeal space.No specific etiology was determined in 38%; an odontogenic cause was discovered in 28% of the patients; tonsillar/pharyngeal infections in 24% of patients and foreign body impaction in 7% of cases. The main morbidity was due to mediastinitis (5 patients). 1 patient succumbed to the disease. Mixed flora with aerobic and anaerobic infections was identified in most of the cases.
AB - Objective: To study the presentation, etiology, microbiology and morbidity of deep neck space infections. Study Design: Retrospective study. Methods: 29 patients admitted in Kasturba Medical College Hospital, Mangalore, India between January 1997 and December 2002 with deep neck space infections were included in the study. Results: The most common space involved was the parapharyngeal space.No specific etiology was determined in 38%; an odontogenic cause was discovered in 28% of the patients; tonsillar/pharyngeal infections in 24% of patients and foreign body impaction in 7% of cases. The main morbidity was due to mediastinitis (5 patients). 1 patient succumbed to the disease. Mixed flora with aerobic and anaerobic infections was identified in most of the cases.
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U2 - 10.1007/BF02992436
DO - 10.1007/BF02992436
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:4444330011
SN - 0019-5421
VL - 55
SP - 270
EP - 275
JO - Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery
JF - Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery
IS - 4
ER -