Consultation Contents of an Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinic

Tokat Gaziosmanpasa University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Referral and Consultation

Treatments: Other: Medical Record Examination

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05454384

21-KAEK-274

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aimed to evaluate conditions and indications in which a training and research hospital directs outpatient and inpatient consultations to an oral and maxillofacial surgery clinic and consider the expectations of physicians in the treatment and management of various conditions.

Full description

The patients' consultation forms referred from the clinics and inpatient services of the Faculty of Medicine, Tokat Gaziosmanpasa University, between January 2013 and January 2022 were included in the current study via Enlil-Hospital Information Management System (Eskişehir, Turkey).

The consultation forms which were referred within the same institution or from the external institutions with written consultation notes and the patients with missing demographic data or consultation reports were excluded from the study.

The specific variables such as age, gender, the department in which consultations were requested, and for what purpose the patients were consulted were recorded and classified. During the patient management and treatment process, the responses given to the consultations by the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (OMFS) clinic, the physicians' recommendations, the patient management, and the treatments applied were classified and recorded for statistical analyses.

Enrollment: 178 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• The patients' consultation forms were referred from the clinics and inpatient services of the Faculty of Medicine, Tokat Gaziosmanpasa University, to the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery of the same affiliation.

Exclusion criteria

• The consultation forms which were referred within the same institution or from the external institutions with written consultation notes and the patients with missing demographic data or consultation reports

Trial design

178 participants in 8 patient groups

Forensic Medicine

Description:

The group of consultation records requested from the Department of Forensic Medicine

Treatment:

Other: Medical Record Examination

Oncology

Description:

The group of consultation records requested from the Department of Oncology

Treatment:

Other: Medical Record Examination

Neonatology

Description:

The group of consultation records requested from the Department of Neonatology

Treatment:

Other: Medical Record Examination

Otorhinolaryngology

Description:

The group of consultation records requested from the Department of Otorhinolaryngology

Treatment:

Other: Medical Record Examination

Neurology and Neurosurgery

Description:

The group of consultation records requested from the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery

Treatment:

Other: Medical Record Examination

Pediatrics

Description:

The group of consultation records requested from the Department of Pediatrics

Treatment:

Other: Medical Record Examination

Emergency Medicine

Description:

The group of consultation records requested from the Department of Emergency Medicine

Treatment:

Other: Medical Record Examination

Other Departments

Description:

The group of consultation records requested from the Departments such as Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Cardiovascular Surgery, Internal Medicine, Ophthalmology, Urology, Gastroenterology, Palliative Care, Pulmonology, Sleep Medicine, and Infectious Diseases.

Treatment:

Other: Medical Record Examination