Anchoretic Infection
Joint Authors
Kumaran, Satish
Vasundhar, P. L.
Gokkulakrishnan, S.
Sharma, Ashish
Source
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-4, 4 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-11-04
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Active and passive mouth opening exercises are a very common practice in oral and maxillofacial surgery especially for various conditions causing limited mouth opening like space infections, trauma, and ankylosis.
But most of the practitioners do not follow basic principles while advocating these active mouth opening exercises and also take it for granted that it would benefit the patient in the long run.
Because of this, the mouth opening physiotherapy by itself can at times lead to unwanted complications.
We report a case wherein due to active physiotherapy, the patient had complications leading to persistent temporal space infection which required surgical intervention and hospitalization.
This could have been because of hematoma formation during physiotherapy which got infected due to anchoretic infection of unknown etiology and resulted in temporal space infection.
Hence, our conclusion is that whenever mouth opening exercises are initiated, it should be done gradually under good antibiotic coverage to avoid any untoward complications and for optimum results.
According to the current English literature, such a complication has not been documented before.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Gokkulakrishnan, S.& Sharma, Ashish& Kumaran, Satish& Vasundhar, P. L.. 2012. Anchoretic Infection. Case Reports in Dentistry،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-4.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Gokkulakrishnan, S.…[et al.]. Anchoretic Infection. Case Reports in Dentistry No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-4.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Gokkulakrishnan, S.& Sharma, Ashish& Kumaran, Satish& Vasundhar, P. L.. Anchoretic Infection. Case Reports in Dentistry. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-4.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-458529