The study aims to present our experience of the clinical course and management of deep neck infection and try to determine if the characteristics of this kind of infection were similar between the children and adults in southern China.Patients diagnosed with deep neck infection in the Division of Otolaryngology in the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University between January 2002 and ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE With the use of antibiotic therapy, the incidence of deep neck infections has decreased in recent decades. The aim of this investigation was to review the clinical course and the management of deep neck infections in our department, compare them to the experiences of the common literature and identify predisposing factors for lethal complications. MATERIAL AND METHODS I...

INTRODUCTION This study aimed to review the microbiology of deep neck abscesses and identify the factors that influence their occurrence. METHODS A retrospective chart review was done of patients diagnosed with deep neck abscesses at the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore between 2004 and 2009. The data of 131 deep neck abscess patients were reviewed, and tho...

introduction: the advent of antibiotics and the improvement in dental hygiene have made the occurrence of deep neck infections less frequent than in the past. nevertheless, the complications of these infections are often life threatening. the purpose of this study was to review the clinical findings in deep neck infections and identification predisposing factors of these complications. material...

UNLABELLED Deep neck infections are serious diseases that involve several spaces in the neck. The most dreadful complication is descending necrotizing fasciitis, which needs early diagnosis and aggressive treatment. AIM To analyze 80 treated cases of deep neck infection and propose a schematic guideline for managing this disease. METHOD The authors present a retrospective analysis of 80 tre...