Prevention of stomatological complications in therapy of locally extended cancer of oral cavity mucus

• Main Authors: Matyakin G.G., Ivanov V.M., Ivanova O.V., Lepilin A.M., Sheikin M.V.
• Format: Article
• Language: Russian
• Published: Saratov State Medical University 2013-09-01
• Series: Саратовский научно-медицинский журнал
• Subjects: haemostatic sponge with canamycin; sanation of oral cavity
• Online Access: http://www.ssmj.ru/system/files/2013-03_438-441.pdf
• ISSN: 2076-2518

Aim of the investigation: to improve prophylaxis of dental complications during the therapy in the patients with locally extended cancer of oral cavity mucus. Materials and methods. Results of sanation of oral cavity in 320 patients with cancer of oral and pharyngeal areas have been analyzed. Results. The best results have been marked in the patients who experienced surgical sanation before chemo-radial therapy. Most complications have been observed when teeth were extracted after the chemical therapy during the period of radial therapy at focal dose of above 20 Gy as well as in the late periods after the radial therapy. Conclusion: A complex of preventive measures with the use of haemostatic sponge with canamycin in such patients has decreased a number of complications and the terms of healing of alveoli of extracted teeth.