[Deep neck abscess. Factors related to reoperation and mortality].

Background: Deep neck abscesses are major complications that arise of odontogenic, pharyngeal, or cervicofacial foci, mainly in patients with morbidities that facilitate the spread to other spaces. Many of them require surgical treatment, and an appropriate evaluation and surgical drainage is required to obtain the best results.

Aim: To identify factors which relate to reoperation and mortality in patient submitted to surgical treatment due to deep neck abscess.

Factors associated with malignancy in patients with thyroid nodules.

Background: Due to the development of diagnostic techniques, the incidence of thyroid nodule reporting is increasing. Most of these cases may be managed conservatively, but it is important to identify those with a high suspicion of malignancy. The aim of this study was to identify factors that relate to malignancy in patients with thyroid nodule.

[Local analgesia in postoperative cleansing of head and neck infected wounds].

Introduction: After debridement of head and neck abscess, patients require multiple post-surgical cleansing procedures that produce mild or severe pain because are performed without any effective analgesia. Sedation techniques could not be applied at every cleansing process and even local anesthesia injected into the tissues during the procedure is contraindicated.

Material And Methods: We present the results of pain control obtained in 600 cleansing procedures performed by irrigating an anesthetic solution over wound tissues exposed after surgical head and neck abscess debridement.

[Multidisciplinary treatment of airway obstruction].

The airway obstruction may be for many diseases. In some cases is for malignant pathology and other cases for benign pathology. The etiology of malignant pathology may be for bronchogenic carcinoma, metastatic tumours, trachea primary tumours and larynx.