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7893546

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-4-25
pubmed:abstractText
Several publications reporting lingual nerve damage in the region of 11% caused the author to undertake a retrospective personal clinical audit of 100 cases which demonstrated a comparable complication rate of 10%. This audit prompted a re-evaluation of the detailed surgical anatomy, the design and manufacture of a new type of periosteal elevator and lingual nerve retractor and a modification of the surgical technique. A subsequent prospective personal clinical audit of 1001 consecutive wisdom tooth operations has resulted in a 20-fold improvement (0.5%) in the incidence of lingual nerve damage. The technique and instrumentation has been used under local anaesthesia and under general anaesthesia by surgeons of varying experience and has a group audit complication rate of only 1% in 300 consecutive cases. The value of clinical audit has become self evident.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
D
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0007-0610
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
25
pubmed:volume
178
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
140-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Reducing lingual nerve damage in third molar surgery: a clinical audit of 1350 cases.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Torbay Hospital, Torquay, Devon.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article