Preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative complications in orthognathic surgery: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aim of this study was to determine whether orthognathic surgery is associated with any complications, and what type of complications may occur.

Materials and methods

Data were obtained using PubMed (MEDLINE), ISI Web of Knowledge, Ovid, Cochrane Library, Embase Library, and an additional manual search. The titles and abstracts of the electronic search results were screened and evaluated by two observers for eligibility according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria.

Results

A total of 1924 articles were identified, and we retained 44 articles for the final analysis. The Prisma diagram flowchart demonstrates our selection scheme. For the purpose of this study, the Cochrane data extraction form was modified. One review author extracted data from the in

SUBMITTER: Jedrzejewski M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4434857 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature