Background/Objective: The study is aimed at evaluating the demographic and clinical characteristics of patients who presented with infections involving the cervico-facial region in a Nigerian tertiary hospital
Patients and Methods: All patients that were managed for cervico-facial infections, over a 4-year period, at the Oral and Maxillofacial Unit of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar, Nigeria were retrospectively studied. The information obtained were the demographics, duration of symptoms, month of the year, source of infection, fascia space(s) involved, whether managed on in or out-patient basis, duration of hospital stay where applicable, treatment done, complications and treatment outcome. The information was analyzed using the statistical package for social sciences (SPSS version 13, Illinois, Chicago). P
Key words: Odontogenic infection, Facial cellulitis, Ludwig’s angina
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