Prospective study to analyse the efficiency of Acoustic Doppler v/s Colour Duplex Ultrasound in locating perforators for antero-lateral thigh flap in reconstructive head and neck surgery

Objective: To compare the efficacy of amoxicillin and ciprofloxacin used in clean contaminated ear surgery during the early post operative period.Materials and Methods: It is a longitudinal, prospective study conducted at Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, TUTH from 1st April 2011 to 30th December 2011. Patient who underwent clean contaminated ear surgery were followed up on 1st, 3rd and 7th post – operative day (POD) and wounds were inspected for any signs of wound infection.Results: 103 patients who under went various clean contaminated ear surgeries were included in this study. Maximum patients were aged 14-29 years. Ciprofloxacin was prescribed to 80 (77.7%) patients and amoxicillin to 23 (20.3%) patients. Overall wound infection was present on 6.2% (5/80) patients receiving ciprofloxacin and on 4.34% (1/23) patients receiving amoxicillin. The most common procedure performed was MRM (53%). Wound infection was present in 9% (4/44) of patients undergoing MRM under coverage of ciprofloxacin and on 9% (1/11) patients under coverage of amoxicillin.Conclusion: Though the rate of wound infection was more in patient using ciprofloxacin than amoxicillin but it was not statically significant.Nepalese Journal of ENT Head and Neck Surgery, Vol. 5, No. 2, 2014, page: 8-10

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Factors affecting wound complications in head and neck surgery: A prospective study

Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology ◽

10.4103/0971-5851.125236 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 34 (4) ◽

pp. 247 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

AnujaD Deshmukh ◽

Tanveer Majeed ◽

Pankaj Chaturvedi ◽

Prathamesh Pai ◽

AnilK D′cruz ◽

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Keyword(s):

Prospective Study ◽

Head And Neck ◽

Neck Surgery ◽

Head And Neck Surgery ◽

Wound Complications ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

A Prospective Study

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Types of pathology and ossicular status in atticoantral disease undergoing mastoidectomy at Bir Hospital

Journal of College of Medical Sciences-Nepal ◽

10.3126/jcmsn.v6i4.6722 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 6 (4) ◽

pp. 26-30 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

D Shrestha ◽

P Thapa ◽

YB Bhandari

Keyword(s):

Prospective Study ◽

Head And Neck ◽

Granulation Tissue ◽

Neck Surgery ◽

Head And Neck Surgery ◽

Medical Sciences ◽

Atticoantral Disease ◽

A Prospective Study

A prospective study was carried out in the department of ENT and Head and Neck Surgery in Bir Hospital, Kathmandu to know the types of the pathology and the ossicular status in atticoantral disease. This study included 100 cases of CSOM (AA) scheduled for routine mastoidectomy. In this study cholesteotoma was the commonest pathology 61 (61%) followed by granulation tissue alone in 27 (27%) cases and both cholesteotoma and granulation tissue were found in 12 (12%) cases. Ossicular damage was more common in CSOM (AA) with granulation tissue in all 27 (100%), 54(58.06%) in CSOM(AA) with cholesteotoma and 12 (12.9%) in CSOM(AA) with both cholesteotoma and granulation tissue. M+S+ ossicular defect was the commonest ossicular defect 47 (50.53%) followed by M+S-24(25.80%), M-S+13(13.97%)and M-S- 9(9.67%) cases.Journal of College of Medical Sciences-Nepal,2011,Vol-6,No-4, 26-30 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jcmsn.v6i4.6722

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