A CASE REPORT ON THE TREATMENT OF OSTEOMYELITIS DUE TO FACIAL BURN

Lee,  Yeoul-Hi; Suh,  Chang-Hwan; Byun,  Gi-Jung; Kim,  Hyo-Soon; Lee,  Song-Ill

J Korean Dent Assoc > Volume 15(2); 1977 > Article

The Journal of The Korean Dental Association 1977;15(2):121-124.
Published online February 28, 1977.

안면화상으로 인한 골수염의 치험예

이열희¹, 서창환², 변기정³, 김효순⁴, 이상일⁵

^¹경북대학교 의과대학 악안면성형외과 및 구강외과학교실
^²경북대학교 의과대학 악안면성형외과 및 구강외과학교실
^³경북대학교 의과대학 악안면성형외과 및 구강외과학교실
^⁴경북대학교 의과대학 악안면성형외과 및 구강외과학교실
^⁵경북대학교 의과대학 악안면성형외과 및 구강외과학교실

A CASE REPORT ON THE TREATMENT OF OSTEOMYELITIS DUE TO FACIAL BURN

Yeoul-Hi Lee¹, Chang-Hwan Suh², Gi-Jung Byun³, Hyo-Soon Kim⁴, Song-Ill Lee⁵

¹Dept. of maxillo facial plastic and oral surgery, college of medicine, kyung pook national university
²Dept. of maxillo facial plastic and oral surgery, college of medicine, kyung pook national university
³Dept. of maxillo facial plastic and oral surgery, college of medicine, kyung pook national university
⁴Dept. of maxillo facial plastic and oral surgery, college of medicine, kyung pook national university
⁵Dept. of maxillo facial plastic and oral surgery, college of medicine, kyung pook national university

Abstract

The most common and the most serious complication of the burn is infection, which is to a certain extent inevitable in the light of present knowledge and experience. From the burn wound as a rule there may be cultured at any given time the prevailing flora of the individual patient and of the hospital attendants and ward environ ment. Even without contamination from outside sources, organisms embedded in hair follicles and sweat glands survive the sterilizing effects of heat and serve as potential sources of localized and systemic infection. With necrotic tissue serving as nutrient material for pathogens there may occur, in succession, cellulitis, extending necrosis, lymphangitis and final septicemia. This is to report a case of osteomyelitis due to facial burn of 32 year old Korean male. The authors treated the patient by curettage and thin split thickness skin graft. The post operative course was uncomplicated and result was excellent.