Severe infectious complications following frontal sinus fracture: the impact of operative delay and perioperative antibiotic use

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 154-162

  Bellamy, Justin L ^b   Molendijk, Josher ^b   Reddy, Sashank K ^b   Flores, José M ^b   Mundinger, Gerhard S ^b   Manson, Paul N ^b   Rodriguez, Eduardo D ^b   Dorafshar, Amir H ^a,b  

^a R ADAMS COWLEY SHOCK TRAUMA CENTER   (United States)

^b not available

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRONTAL SINUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKULL FRACTURE; SURGICAL INFECTION; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRONTAL SINUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKULL FRACTURES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879920861     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3182910b9b     Document Type: Article

References (52)

1. Rohrich RJ, Hollier LH. Management of frontal sinus fractures: Changing concepts. Clin Plast Surg. 1992;19:219-232.
2. Weber SC, Cohn AM. Fracture of the frontal sinus in children. Arch Otolaryngol. 1977;103:241-244.
3. Gerbino G, Roccia F, Benech A, Caldarelli C. Analysis of 158 frontal sinus fractures: Current surgical management and complications. J Craniomaxillofac Surg. 2000;28:133-139.
4. Wilson BC, Davidson B, Corey JP, Haydon RC 3rd. Comparison of complications following frontal sinus fractures managed with exploration with or without obliteration over 10 years. Laryngoscope 1988;98:516-520.
5. Raveh J, Laedrach K, Vuillemin T, Zingg M. Management of combined frontonaso-orbital/skull base fractures and telecanthus in 355 cases. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1992;118:605-614.
6. Wallis A, Donald PJ. Frontal sinus fractures: A review of 72 cases. Laryngoscope 1988;98(6 Pt 1):593-598.
7. Nahum AM. The biomechanics of facial bone fracture. Laryngoscope 1975;85:140-156.
8. Nahum AM. The biomechanics of maxillofacial trauma. Clin Plast Surg. 1975;2:59-64.
9. Duvall AJ 3rd, Porto DP, Lyons D, Boies LR Jr. Frontal sinus fractures: Analysis of treatment results. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1987;113:933-935.
10. Gonty AA, Marciani RD, Adornato DC. Management of frontal sinus fractures: A review of 33 cases. J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 1999;57:372-379; discussion 380.
11. Rodriguez ED, Stanwix MG, Nam AJ, et al. Twenty-six-year experience treating frontal sinus fractures: A novel algorithm based on anatomical fracture pattern and failure of conventional techniques. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2008;122:1850-1866.
12. Choi M, Li Y, Shapiro SA, Havlik RJ, Flores RL. A 10-year review of frontal sinus fractures: Clinical outcomes of conservative management of posterior table fractures. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2012;130:399-406.
13. Chen KT, Chen CT, Mardini S, Tsay PK, Chen YR. Frontal sinus fractures: A treatment algorithm and assessment of outcomes based on 78 clinical cases. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2006;118:457-468.
14. Yavuzer R, Sari A, Kelly CP, et al. Management of frontal sinus fractures. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2005;115:79e-93e; discussion 94e.
15. Luce EA. Frontal sinus fractures: Guidelines to management. Plast Reconstr Surg. 1987;80:500-510.
16. Bell RB, Dierks EJ, Brar P, Potter JK, Potter BE. A protocol for the management of frontal sinus fractures emphasizing sinus preservation. J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2007;65:825-839.
17. Stanley RB Jr. Management of frontal sinus fractures. Facial Plast Surg. 1988;5:231-235.
18. Tiwari P, Higuera S, Thornton J, Hollier LH. The management of frontal sinus fractures. J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2005;63:1354-1360.
19. Rohrich RJ, Hollier L. The role of the nasofrontal duct in frontal sinus fracture management. J Craniomaxillofac Trauma 1996;2:31-40.
20. Baker SP, O'Neill B, Haddon W Jr, Long WB. The injury severity score: A method for describing patients with multiple injuries and evaluating emergency care. J Trauma 1974;14:187-196.
21. Stanley RB Jr, Becker TS. Injuries of the nasofrontal orifices in frontal sinus fractures. Laryngoscope 1987;97:728-731.
22. Ioannides C, Freihofer HP, Vrieus J, Friens J [corrected to Vrieus J]. Fractures of the frontal sinus: A rationale of treatment. Br J Plast Surg. 1993;46:208-214.
23. Ioannides C, Freihofer HP. Fractures of the frontal sinus: Classification and its implications for surgical treatment. Am J Otolaryngol. 1999;20:273-280.
24. Xie C, Mehendale N, Barrett D, Bui CJ, Metzinger SE. 30-year retrospective review of frontal sinus fractures: The Charity Hospital experience. J Craniomaxillofac Trauma 2000;6:7-15; discussion 16.
25. Donald PJ. Frontal sinus ablation by cranialization: Report of 21 cases. Arch Otolaryngol. 1982;108:142-146.
26. Lee TT, Ratzker PA, Galarza M, Villanueva PA. Early combined management of frontal sinus and orbital and facial fractures. J Trauma 1998;44:665-669.
27. Hollier LH Jr, Sharabi SE, Koshy JC, Stal S. Facial trauma: General principles of management. J Craniofac Surg. 2010;21:1051-1053.
28. Wexler A. Posttraumatic facial restoration: A philosophy of care. J Craniofac Surg. 2009;20:12-14.
29. Sharabi SE, Koshy JC, Thornton JF, Hollier LH Jr. Facial fractures. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2011;127:25e-34e.
30. Appelbaum E. Meningitis following trauma to the head and face. JAMA 1960;173:1818-1822.
31. Berk M. Traumatic streptococcic meningitis: Report of a case with recovery and review of literature. Am J Med Sci. 1946;1:18-21.
32. Lewin W, Cairns H. Fractures of the sphenoidal sinus with cerebrospinal rhinorrhoea. Br Med J. 1951;1:1-6.
33. Linell EA, Robinson WL. Head injuries and meningitis. J Neurol Psychiatry 1941;4:23-31.
34. Ratilal BO, Costa J, Sampaio C, Pappamikail L. Antibiotic prophylaxis for preventing meningitis in patients with basilar skull fractures. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2011;(8):CD004884.
35. Sakas DE, Beale DJ, Ameen AA, et al. Compound anterior cranial base fractures: Classification using computerized tomography scanning as a basis for selection of patients for dural repair. J Neurosurg. 1998;88:471-477.
36. Denneny JC 3rd, Davidson WD. Combined otolaryngological and neurosurgical approach in treating sinus fractures. Laryngoscope 1987;97:633-637.
37. Gruss JS, Pollock RA, Phillips JH, Antonyshyn O. Combined injuries of the cranium and face. Br J Plast Surg. 1989;42:385-398.
38. Penfold CN, Lang D, Evans BT. The management of orbital roof fractures. Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 1992;30:97-103.
39. Schade RP, Schinkel J, Visser LG, Van Dijk JM, Voormolen JH, Kuijper EJ. Bacterial meningitis caused by the use of ventricular or lumbar cerebrospinal fluid catheters. J Neurosurg. 2005;102:229-234.
40. Aucoin PJ, Kotilainen HR, Gantz NM, Davidson R, Kellogg P, Stone B. Intracranial pressure monitors: Epidemiologic study of risk factors and infections. Am J Med. 1986;80:369-376.
41. Bogdahn U, Lau W, Hassel W, Gunreben G, Mertens HG, Brawanski A. Continuous-pressure controlled, external ventricular drainage for treatment of acute hydrocephalus: Evaluation of risk factors. Neurosurgery 1992;31:898-903; discussion 903.
42. Lozier AP, Sciacca RR, Romagnoli MF, Connolly ES Jr. Ventriculostomy- related infections: A critical review of the literature. Neurosurgery 2002;51:170-181; discussion 181.
43. Lyke KE, Obasanjo OO, Williams MA, O'Brien M, Chotani R, Perl TM. Ventriculitis complicating use of intraventricular catheters in adult neurosurgical patients. Clin Infect Dis. 2001;33:2028-2033.
44. Mayhall CG, Archer NH, Lamb VA, et al. Ventriculostomyrelated infections: A prospective epidemiologic study. N Engl J Med. 1984;310:553-559.
45. Schultz M, Moore K, Foote AW. Bacterial ventriculitis and duration of ventriculostomy catheter insertion. J Neurosci Nurs. 1993;25:158-164.
46. Stenager E, Gerner-Smidt P, Kock-Jensen C. Ventriculostomyrelated infections: An epidemiological study. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 1986;83:20-23.
47. Sundbärg G, Nordström CH, Söderström S. Complications due to prolonged ventricular fluid pressure recording. Br J Neurosurg. 1988;2:485-495.
48. Pitout JD, Sanders CC, Sanders WE Jr. Antimicrobial resistance with focus on beta-lactam resistance in gram-negative bacilli. Am J Med. 1997;103:51-59.
49. Park M, Markus P, Matesic D, Li JT. Safety and effectiveness of a preoperative allergy clinic in decreasing vancomycin use in patients with a history of penicillin allergy. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2006;97:681-687.
50. Lauder A, Jalisi S, Spiegel J, Stram J, Devaiah A. Antibiotic prophylaxis in the management of complex midface and frontal sinus trauma. Laryngoscope 2010;120:1940-1945.
51. Antimicrobial prophylaxis for surgery. Treat Guidel Med Lett. 2006;4:83-88.
52. Bratzler DW, Houck PM; Surgical Infection Prevention Guidelines Writers Workgroup; American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons; American Association of Critical Care Nurses; American Association of Nurse Anesthetists; American College of Surgeons; American College of Osteopathic Surgeons; American Geriatrics Society; American Society of Anesthesiologists; American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons; American Society of Health-System Pharmacists; American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses; Ascension Health; Association of periOperative Registered Nurses; Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology; Infectious Diseases Society of America; Medical Letter; Premier; Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America; Society of Thoracic Surgeons; Surgical Infection Society. Antimicrobial prophylaxis for surgery: An advisory statement from the National Surgical Infection Prevention Project. Clin Infect Dis. 2004;38:1706-1715.