Importance of absorbable surgical sutures for the prevention of stitch abscess after surgery in patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma

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Importance of absorbable surgical sutures for the prevention of stitch abscess after surgery in patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma

Kazuhiro Kawamura Takaaki Joujima Shun Nishimura Tatsurou Tanaka Masafumi Oda Nao Wakasugi-sato Shinji Kito Yoshihiro Takahashi Yasuhiro Morimoto Kenji Kawano Ayaka Abe Tatsuyuki Kono Noriaki Yamamoto

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Adult Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent medicine.medical_treatment Biocompatible Materials Stitch abscess Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences Postoperative Complications 0302 clinical medicine medicine Humans Surgical Wound Infection In patient Basal cell General Dentistry Aged Retrospective Studies Aged 80 and over Sutures business.industry Research Significant difference Neck dissection Middle Aged :CIENCIAS MÉDICAS [UNESCO]Abscess Surgery stomatognathic diseases Otorhinolaryngology 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis UNESCO::CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Carcinoma Squamous Cell 030221 ophthalmology & optometry Female Mouth Neoplasms Surgery Oral Surgery Detection rate business

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Background To elucidate the significance of absorbable surgical sutures in the occurrence of stitch abscess after surgery in patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). Material and Methods The subjects were 251 patients who underwent excision and/or reconstruction and/or neck dissection for oral SCC using absorbable surgical sutures. Detection rates and characteristics of patients with stitch abscess were retrospectively evaluated by comparing between our present and previous data. Results There was only one stitch abscess among the 251 patients. A significant difference in the incidence of stitch abscess was found between the present data and our previous data. Of course, no significant correlations were found between the occurrence of stitch abscess using absorbable surgical sutures and the various factors seen in our previous analysis. Conclusions A complete switch of surgical sutures from silk to absorbable surgical sutures is needed for surgery in patients with oral SCC. Key words:Stitch abscess, oral cancer, occurrence, absorbable surgical sutures, silk suture.

year	journal	country	edition	language
2017-04-01	Medicina Oral Patología Oral y Cirugia Bucal

https://doi.org/10.4317/medoral.21445