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Abstract
The aim of this study is to reduce the morbidity and mortality caused by deep neck space infections and their complications.
Methods
It is a retrospective cohort design carried on patients presenting with deep neck space infections. It was carried out in the otorhinolaryngology Department, Suez Canal University Hospital, Ismailia, Egypt. We were targeting patients presenting to Suez Canal University Hospital, ENT Clinic and emergency Room with deep neck space infections for their treatment after careful clinical and radiological evaluation and designing the treatment plan.
Results
We had conducted our study on 60 patients with deep neck space infections. The age of the patients ranged from 2 months to 73 years of age with a predominance for the group of age older than 40 years of age. About 48 the cases who presented were coming from Ismailia governorate about 80 % of the cases. 81.7 % of cases were admitted for less than 8 days duration and 61.7 % less than 5 days. The most commonly detected etiology was dental in origin 55% followed by tonsillopharyngitis 40%. The number of diabetic cases in our study was 17 patients representing 28.3 % of cases, 3 cases of them were discovered to be diabetic after presentation.
Transoral endotracheal intubation was done for 46.7% of cases. Awake nasal fibrooptic intubation was done in 16.7% of the patients. 9% of the cases were tracheostomized. 21.7% of the cases had complications varying from 10 % of cases