METHOD FOR SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF POLYREGIONAL PHLEGMON OF SUBLINGUAL, SUBMANDIBULAR, SUBMENTAL SPACES AND ALVEOLOLINGUAL GROOVE Russian patent published in 2024 - IPC A61B17/24 A61B17/02 A61M27/00 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention refers to medicine, namely to maxillofacial surgery. Oral cavity is treated with a water antiseptic solution. Oral mucosa is incised within an alveololingual groove and a sublingual ridge in a projection of an infiltrate. Layers of the upper floor of the oral cavity are bluntly moved apart by means of a clamp. Mylohyoid muscle is dissected along a mandibulohyoid line. Lower jaw edge is controlled by palpation. Layers of the lower floor of the oral cavity are bluntly moved apart. Alveololingual groove, sublingual, submandibular and submental spaces are inspected. Pyoinflammatory exudate is opened and evacuated. Each oral cavity floor space is drained by tubular and glove drains.

EFFECT: method enables to preserve the aesthetics and functional state of the bottom of the oral cavity and the submandibular region during the surgical treatment of polyregional phlegmons of the sublingual, submandibular, submental spaces and the alveololingual groove, as well as halving the length of hospitalization and eliminating the need for secondary surgical treatment.

1 cl, 1 ex