[Early surgical intervention in the complex treatment of odontogenic osteomyelitis of the lower jaw].

The incision of the soft tissues is an approbated method for the surgical treatment of the acute odontogenic osteomyelitis of the lower jaw and for the chronic--the sequestrectomy after the complete detachment of the sequestra. In the paper the authors share their experience in the surgical treatment of acute osteomyelitis and chronic odontogenic osteomyelitis as early as the phase of demarcation of the sequestra, with special attention paid to the extraoral drainage and local effect on the operated bone. In all other cases the operation wound in the oral cavity is sutured without drainage for healing by first intention. To some of the patients with developed acute osteomyelitis of the lower jaw, the authors applied the rarely practiced method of trephination of the bone, aiming at the reduction of the intraosseous pressure induced by the inflammatory process. Thirty nine patients have been treated according to the methods described and the results so far are a good evidence for their recommendation for the practice.