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Presentation and management of deep neck space abscess
M Panduranga Kamath1, Ashok B Shetty, Mahesh Chandra Hegde
1Department of ENT, Kasturba Medical College Hospital, Attavar, 575001 Mangalore, Karnataka India.
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, Mangulore, India between January 1997 and December 2002 with deep neck space infections.,were included in the study.
Remits:
The most common space involved was the parapharyngeul 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). I patient succumbed to the disease. Mixed flora with aerobic and anaerobic infections was identified in most of the cases.
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