Antibioticoterapia profilática em cirurgia bucomaxilofacial em pacientes com fissuras labiopalatinas / Antibiotic prophylaxis in maxillofacial surgery in patients with cleft lip and palate

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IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

27/05/2011

RESUMO

Objectives: To evaluate the outcomes achieved by utilization of the antibiotic prophylaxis protocol of HRAC-USP in maxillofacial surgeries. Material and methods: The study comprised analysis of 649 records of patients with cleft lip and palate, registered at HRAC-USP and submitted to maxillofacial surgery in the period October 2008 to October 2009. The prescriptions comprised cephazolin and metronidazole for non-allergic patients, and clindamycin and gentamicin for patients allergic to penicillin. Results: 410 patients (63.1%) were males and 239 (36.9%) were females, with mean age of 18 years. Only 13 patients (2%) presented postoperative infection. Conclusion: Utilization of the antibiotic prophylaxis protocol of HRAC-USP in maxillofacial surgery in patients with cleft lip and palate demonstrated to be effective, resulting in a low rate of infection.

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antibiotic prophylaxis antibioticoterapia profilática cirurgia bucomaxilofacial cleft lip and palate fissura de lábio fissura palatina infecção pós-cirúrgica maxillofacial surgery postoperative infection

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