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Fibrous dysplasia of the skull and its differential diagnoses
ABSTRACTS Fibrous
OF CURRENT
Dysplasia
of the Skull and Its Differential
Hadiology 78: Sift, l!W!. [u differential diagnosis, others must be considered.
Postoperative
LITERATURE
Wound
Infection:
alien ingioula.
A Controlled
l’ayet’r
Diagnoses. S. l,eetls a~11 \V. I:. Se:tw:111. tliseas~,
:tueulia,
Study of Antibiotic
Pyle’s
llisease,
Prophylaxis.
illIll
11. Hoclt:l.
A. AI. A. Arch. Surg. 85: 456, September, 1962. For a period of eightcen ntonth~, the effect of postoperative antibiotic prophylaxis on the incidence of wound infection was studied in the surgical wards of the Hospital tlas (Ilinicas, University of Bahia, Brazil. Patients undergoing the same surgical procedures were alteruatel>treated with antibiotics. The over-all incidence of wound iufeetiou bvas 6 per cent. Among the 644 cases illeluded in the stud-, there was no difference in the incidence of infection between the treated (344 cases) and control (:iO(l cases) groups. Sluph~yylococcus ~WC Us, coagulase positive, resistaut to pfanicillin, was the Itlost COI0IuOll causative agent. It was also frequently isolated from the noses of surgical personnel and from the air of all the operating roomy’. ( ‘asctr of gran-negative or mixed infections wvrc less frequently observed. There seemed to be no aclvantsge to prophylactic postoperative antihiotic therapy as eruployed in this study. The use of such agents did not diminish the incidence of wountl infect,ion or reduce the length of hospitalizatiorl. Penicillin was the drug use{1 most frt, queutly, and the majority of infrclivr agent* were resistant to this antibiotic. IVt? do uol Ijelieve that any antibiotic is eflec:tivr over a prolonged period of time. The indiscriminate use of antibiotics in sncah situations would tend to facilitate the emergent? of rexistaul st rail13 of bacteria. 7’. .I.
Surgical
R. Shira. Proceedings of (J(I~~cI.(~II(*c~ on Oral (‘allSociety of Oral Surgeons 4: 5, Oct. 11: l!)CO. Leukopkzkin is an all-inclusirc ttlrm which has been uselI 10 denote all white patches occurring on the mucous membrane. It is impossible 10 clistinguish clinically between the It is for this reason that potentially dangerous an<1 the relatively innocuous white lesions. an oral pathologist, should be called upon for help. IVhen dyskeratosis is present. it placrs when it is :tl,sent, the lesiorl may IN! the lesion in the potentially premalignant group: caonsidered innocuous. It is suggested that the term lectkoylnkin 1~ rvscrvctl for the, potc~ntiall~ thoRO I~hito premalignant lesions and that the term p~cl~,ydcrmrc ornlis 1~ usrvl to ilrllotf~ It’sions which are innocuous. Whenever feasible, an excisional type of biopsy shoulti IN+ performetl autl thr enti w lesion removed. Any lesion showing dyskeratosis should he attacked vigorously until it is is the treatment of choice for all small whita completely removed. An excisional ljiops: lesions found in the oral cavit,y. cer,
Treatment
of Oral Leukoplakia.
(‘.
American
.J. I’ollnc7<~.
OF CURRENT
Dysplasia
of the Skull and Its Differential
Hadiology 78: Sift, l!W!. [u differential diagnosis, others must be considered.
Postoperative
LITERATURE
Wound
Infection:
alien ingioula.
A Controlled
l’ayet’r
Diagnoses. S. l,eetls a~11 \V. I:. Se:tw:111. tliseas~,
:tueulia,
Study of Antibiotic
Pyle’s
llisease,
Prophylaxis.
illIll
11. Hoclt:l.
A. AI. A. Arch. Surg. 85: 456, September, 1962. For a period of eightcen ntonth~, the effect of postoperative antibiotic prophylaxis on the incidence of wound infection was studied in the surgical wards of the Hospital tlas (Ilinicas, University of Bahia, Brazil. Patients undergoing the same surgical procedures were alteruatel>treated with antibiotics. The over-all incidence of wound iufeetiou bvas 6 per cent. Among the 644 cases illeluded in the stud-, there was no difference in the incidence of infection between the treated (344 cases) and control (:iO(l cases) groups. Sluph~yylococcus ~WC Us, coagulase positive, resistaut to pfanicillin, was the Itlost COI0IuOll causative agent. It was also frequently isolated from the noses of surgical personnel and from the air of all the operating roomy’. ( ‘asctr of gran-negative or mixed infections wvrc less frequently observed. There seemed to be no aclvantsge to prophylactic postoperative antihiotic therapy as eruployed in this study. The use of such agents did not diminish the incidence of wountl infect,ion or reduce the length of hospitalizatiorl. Penicillin was the drug use{1 most frt, queutly, and the majority of infrclivr agent* were resistant to this antibiotic. IVt? do uol Ijelieve that any antibiotic is eflec:tivr over a prolonged period of time. The indiscriminate use of antibiotics in sncah situations would tend to facilitate the emergent? of rexistaul st rail13 of bacteria. 7’. .I.
Surgical
R. Shira. Proceedings of (J(I~~cI.(~II(*c~ on Oral (‘allSociety of Oral Surgeons 4: 5, Oct. 11: l!)CO. Leukopkzkin is an all-inclusirc ttlrm which has been uselI 10 denote all white patches occurring on the mucous membrane. It is impossible 10 clistinguish clinically between the It is for this reason that potentially dangerous an<1 the relatively innocuous white lesions. an oral pathologist, should be called upon for help. IVhen dyskeratosis is present. it placrs when it is :tl,sent, the lesiorl may IN! the lesion in the potentially premalignant group: caonsidered innocuous. It is suggested that the term lectkoylnkin 1~ rvscrvctl for the, potc~ntiall~ thoRO I~hito premalignant lesions and that the term p~cl~,ydcrmrc ornlis 1~ usrvl to ilrllotf~ It’sions which are innocuous. Whenever feasible, an excisional type of biopsy shoulti IN+ performetl autl thr enti w lesion removed. Any lesion showing dyskeratosis should he attacked vigorously until it is is the treatment of choice for all small whita completely removed. An excisional ljiops: lesions found in the oral cavit,y. cer,
Treatment
of Oral Leukoplakia.
(‘.
American
.J. I’ollnc7<~.