Abordaje mínimamente invasivo para el drenaje de infecciones cervicofaciales profundas. Estudio retrospectivo / Minimally invasive approach to drainage of deep cervicofacial infections. Retrospective study

OBJETIVOS: La mayoría de las infecciones cervicales profundas son polimicrobianas y de origen dental, y es necesario un tratamiento apropiado y oportuno. El propósito de esta investigación es describir la eficacia de las incisiones mínimamente invasivas para el drenaje de infecciones cervicales profundas. MATERIALES Y MÉTODOS: Estudio descriptivo, retrospectivo y longitudinal en pacientes con infecciones cervicales profundas, que requirieron ingreso hospitalario, tratados quirúrgicamente con múltiples incisiones mínimamente invasivas. Los datos recopilados incluyeron epidemiología, etiología, órganos dentales y espacio cervicofacial involucrado, tamaño de los abscesos, cantidad de material obtenido, tiempo de hospitalización, tiempo de evolución antes del drenaje, técnica anestésica, método de intubación, método quirúrgico y complicaciones. RESULTADOS: Fueron incluidos un total de 88 pacientes, con un promedio de edad de 39 +/- 14,05 años y una mayor prevalencia del género femenino. El factor etiológico principal fueron los focos sépticos dentales. El espacio más afectado fue el submandibular, en un 39,2 %. El tiempo de evolución antes del drenaje varió entre 1 y 8 días. El promedio del tamaño de los abscesos fue de 6,47 +/- 2,34, 4,03 +/- 1,64, 3,71 +/- 1,59 cm. Un 88,6 % de los pacientes fueron intervenidos bajo anestesia local y un 11,8 % bajo anestesia general. El promedio de la cantidad de material obtenido fue de 104,41 +/- 9 cc. El tiempo promedio de hospitalización fue de 9,43 +/- 3,89 días. No hubo complicaciones locales ni sistémicas. CONCLUSIONES: Las incisiones mínimamente invasivas constituyen una alternativa eficaz, segura y con escasas morbilidades para el drenaje de infecciones cervicales profundas

AIM: Most of deep cervical infections are polymicrobial and come from a dental origin, and an appropriate treatment is necessary. The present paper aims to describe the efficiency of minimally invasive incisions for the drainage of deep cervical infections. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A descriptive, retrospective and longitudinal study in patients with deep cervical infections, who required hospital admission. Patients were surgically treated with multiple minimally invasive incisions. Collected data included: epidemiology, etiology, teeth and cevicofacial spaces involved, size of drained abscesses, amount of material obtained, time of total patient admission, time of evolution before drainage anaesthetic technique, intubation method, surgical method and complications. RESULTS: A total of 88 patients were included in this study, with an average age of 39 +/- 14.05 years and a higher prevalence in women. Teeth infections were the etiological factor in 100 % of the sample. The most affected space was the submandibular with a 39.2 %. The evolution time before drainage varied between 1-8 days. The mean abscess size was 6.47 +/- 2.34, 4.03 +/- 1.64, 3.71 +/- 1.59 cm. In terms of anaesthetic techniques, 88.6% patients were treated under local anesthesia and 11.3 % patients were treated under general anesthesia. The average of the amount of material obtained was 104.41 +/- 9 cc. The average hospitalization time was 9.43 +/- 3.89 days. There were no systemic or local complications. CONCLUSIONS: Minimally invasive incisions represent an effective and safe alternative, with low morbidity, for the drainage of deep cervical infections

Hypertelorism Secondary to Mucocele in the Paranasal Sinuses.

Ocular hypertelorism was introduced by Greig as an increased interpupillary distance. The paranasal sinus mucoceles are acquired lesions for various reasons; however, their behavior is progressive, capable of eroding the bone and extending to the orbital and intracranial regions. The objective is to present a clinical case of orbital hypertelorism secondary to mucocele in the paranasal sinuses. This is a 72-year-old male patient who came presenting an increase in volume in the right nasoorbitoethmoidal region. The isodense lesion occupying the maxillary and right ethmoidal sinuses was confirmed by an intimate relationship with the ipsilateral frontal and sphenoidal sinus, with osteolytic involvement of the orbit and nasal region. After incisional biopsy with mucocele results, a wide resection plus facial reconstruction was performed with autologous grafts and osteosynthesis material. Currently, the patient has 1 year of evolution, without significant functional commitment. It is important to consider giant mucoceles as part of the differential diagnoses in patients with deformities in the middle and upper third of the face.