INFLAMMATORY LESIONS OF FACIAL CELLULAR SPACES AS A PROBLEM OF THE 21ST CENTURY
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.35220/2523-420X/2025.1.2Keywords:
inflammatory disease, complex treatment, inflammation, analysisAbstract
The aim to highlight the current understanding of the problem of inflammatory lesions of facial tissue spaces.Materials and methods. The article presents data from 57 sources of authors from 26 countries published on the Internet for the period 2020–2025. The choice of sources was random. We studied the material that met the criteria for inclusion on the first page of the internet search for the keywords “phlegmon of the face”, “purulent cellulite”, “maxillofacial area”. The process of our research work included the following stages: formulation of the purpose and objectives of the study, literature search, assessment of the quality of a «certain» source, data extraction, analysis of the state of the subject in research. Results.As a result of the study, it was determined that purulent, including odontogenic, lesions of facial adipose tissue are diseases, that are characteristic not only for societies with low incomes, but also for economically and socially developed countries. Data was also found indicating the concern of modern specialists and researchers about the current situation of odontogenic purulent lesions of facial adipose tissue due to the severity of their course, dangerous complications and possible negative consequences of the disease. In the studied material, there were 23 publications by European authors (40.35 %), 3 authors from the Middle East (5.26 %), 6 from Asian countries (10.52 %), 15 from North America (26.31 %), 4 from South America (7.01 %), 2 from Australia (3.50 %), 4 from Africa (7.0 1 %). Odontogenic phlegmons and cellulitis were described in 43 (75.4 %) publications, non-odontogenic – in 14 (24.56 %). Conclusions.The problem of inflammatory lesions of the cellular spaces of the face and neck of various etiologies remains relevant on all continents of the world, even in the developed countries of America, Europe and Asia. Different aspects of this problem are being studied in different countries.However, they all have one thing in common – the task of developing effective methods of treatment and preventing the occurrence of serious complications.
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