HomeArchiveVolume 5Volume 5, issue 2Management of Ludwig’s angina. When is surgery necessary?
Doinița I. Oașă1, Bogdan Popescu1,2, Cristian Balalau1,3, Razvan V. Scaunasu1,4, Felicia Manole5, Maria Domuta5, Alina LA. Oancea1,2
1CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY, BUCHAREST, ROMANIA
2ENT DEPARTMENT, COLTEA CLINICAL HOSPITAL, BUCHAREST, ROMANIA
3GENERAL SURGERY DEPARTMENT, “SF. PANTELIMON” EMERGENCY HOSPITAL, BUCHAREST, ROMANIA
4GENERAL SURGERY DEPARTMENT, COLTEA CLINICAL HOSPITAL, BUCHAREST, ROMANIA
5FACULTY OF MEDICINE AND PHRAMACY, ORADEA, ROMANIA
Abstract

Deep neck space infections are of great risk for patients considering even death in certain cases. Collection of purulent secretions that can accumulate in a particular region of the neck is due to the anatomy of the deep neck fascia, muscles of the neck and compartments for blood vessels and organs in the neck region. Deep neck spaces communicate with each other and in some patients with morbidities like diabetes or other form of immuno-suppression extension can be great. Ludwig's angina is a form of abscess of the floor of the mouth with origin in teeth located on the mandible. Like any other abscess medical and surgical therapy are ways of treatment, but incision and drainage are mandatory. However, surgical management of such a complication might include other type of surgery as tracheostomy, blood vessels ligation, resection of necrotic tissue or even reconstruction.

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Oașă DI, Popescu B, Balalau C, Scaunasu RV, Manole F, Domuta M, Oancea ALA. Management of Ludwig’s angina. When is surgery necessary?. J Clin Investig Surg. 2020 Nov 25;5(2):73-75. Available from: https://www.proscholar.org/jcis/archive/vol.5/iss.2/3/ doi: 10.25083/2559.5555/5.2/73.75
NLM
Oașă DI, Popescu B, Balalau C, Scaunasu RV, Manole F, Domuta M, Oancea ALA. Management of Ludwig’s angina. When is surgery necessary?. J Clin Investig Surg. 2020 Nov;5(2):73-75. doi: 10.25083/2559.5555/5.2/73.75.
AMA
Oașă DI, Popescu B, Balalau C, Scaunasu RV, Manole F, Domuta M, Oancea ALA. Management of Ludwig’s angina. When is surgery necessary?. J Clin Investig Surg. 2020;5(2):73-75.
MLA
Oașă, Doinița I., et al. “Management of Ludwig’s angina. When is surgery necessary?.” Journal of Clinical and Investigative Surgery 5.2 (2020): 73-75. doi:10.25083/2559.5555/5.2/73.75.
APA
Oașă, D. I., Popescu, B., Balalau, C., Scaunasu, R. V., Manole, F., Domuta, M., & Oancea, A. LA. (2020). Management of Ludwig’s angina. When is surgery necessary?. Journal of Clinical and Investigative Surgery, 5(2), 73-75.
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Oașă
, Doinița I., et al. Management of Ludwig’s angina. When is surgery necessary?. Journal of Clinical and Investigative Surgery, 2020, 5.2: 73-75.