Antibiotics in orthognathic surgery and postoperative infections.

Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg

Department of Orthodontics, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.

Published: April 2023

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Antibiotics for surgical site infections in patients undergoing orthognathic surgery.

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Research & Evidence (RF&E), New Delhi, India.

Data Sources: PubMed, Embase, Web of Science and Scopus.

Study Selection: Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) for patients undergoing orthognathic surgery of any type, which evaluated surgical site infections (SSI) in either: long-term (at least 2 days) post-surgical antibiotic dosing versus short term (one day) post-surgical dosing for the same drug; or Orthognathic surgery patients administered a post-surgical single-day antibiotic versus a singular pre-operative dosing of any antibiotic in the post-surgical phase. Singe-arm studies, retrospective studies, unpublished data, studies which were not peer-reviewed, editorials and trials not dealing with patients undergoing orthognathic surgery specifically were not included.

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Purpose: The purpose was to measure the association between BMI and early postoperative outcomes in orthognathic surgery.

Study Design, Setting, And Sample: This is a retrospective cohort study of patients (n = 118) aged > 14 years undergoing bimaxillary orthognathic surgery between 2015 and 2018 by a single surgeon within the Kaiser Permanente Northern California-integrated healthcare system.

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Methods: A review of the literature and report of an additional case.

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