1988 Volume 34 Issue 12 Pages 2604-2608
In oral surgery, an intraoral approach is naturally the most frequent route of access to the operation site. Compared to an extraoral approach, however, an intraoral approach is more liable to result in the development of postoperative swelling in the jaw due to hematoma or edema, often accompanying severe symptoms. Such swelling has so far been controlled by topical or systemic administration of steroid hormones, continuous suction drainage and compression of the facial soft tissue using conventional elastic bandage. However, the conventional elastic bandage has in most cases proved inadequate to achieve effective compression on the wound with evenly-distributive compressive force, because it has tended to exert excessive compression due to convergence of compressive force or to lose compressive force due to displacement of the bandage. Since 1985, we have used surgical garments chin-neck bandage POLLI® manufactured by Caromed International Inc., U. S. A., for the control of postoperative swelling. We have recognized a number of advantages demonstrated by these garments, This paper describes the favorable results obtained by use of these garments.
