Falconer D T, Roberts E E
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Glan Clwyd Hospital, Bodelwyddan, North Wales.
Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 1992 Jun;30(3):183-5. doi: 10.1016/0266-4356(92)90154-b.
A postal audit of the main surgical variables in third molar exodontia under general anaesthesia was undertaken on consultants holding a National Health contract within the British Isles. This first paper presents the results. A response rate of 175 returned questionnaires from the 247 consultants was obtained (70.9%). Analysis revealed that the majority of consultants use antibiotics, mouthwashes, sutures, analgesics and postoperative review and the minority steroids and peroperative local anaesthetic, routinely in the majority of cases. Approximately half routinely use a chisel as opposed to a bur for bone removal. The consultants who gave all their patients steroids were significantly (p less than 0.01) more likely to possess a medical qualification than the consultants who did not.
对不列颠群岛内持有国家医疗服务合同的顾问医师进行了一项关于全身麻醉下第三磨牙拔除术主要手术变量的邮政审计。本文首次呈现结果。从247名顾问医师中获得了175份回复问卷（回复率70.9%）。分析显示，大多数顾问医师在大多数病例中常规使用抗生素、漱口水、缝线、镇痛药并进行术后复查，少数人常规使用类固醇和术中局部麻醉剂。约一半人常规使用凿子而非牙钻进行去骨操作。给所有患者使用类固醇的顾问医师比未使用的顾问医师拥有医学资格的可能性显著更高（p<0.01）。
