The effect of local anesthesia on the results of surgical treatment of phlegmon of cellular spaces of the maxillofacial region, primarily associated with the lower jaw

Shchenin Andrey Valentinovich, Pashchenko Valentina Evgenievna, Maslichova Rimma Ivanovna, Borisov Viktor Veniaminovich

The article examines aspects of anesthesiological aids in patients with purulent-inflammatory diseases of the maxillofacial region and neck. The use of local anesthesia in the surgical treatment of phlegmon of the cellular spaces of the maxillofacial region, primarily associated with the lower jaw, allowed statistically significantly reduce the duration of hospital stay, the incidence of nosocomial pneumonia and to avoid development, which is due to the absence of the need for patients to stay in the intensive care unit in the postoperative period after opening and drainage of the focus of inflammation.

Keywords:phlegmon, maxillofacial area, odontogenic infection, anesthetic manual