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Oral SurgeryVolume 11, Issue 1 p. 92-92 ErratumFree Access Erratum This article corrects the following: British Association of Oral Surgeons Volume 8Issue 2Oral Surgery pages: 111-125 First Published online: April 23, 2015 First published: 26 January 2018 https://doi.org/10.1111/ors.12334AboutSectionsPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Erratum The following abstract was omitted in error from the published abstracts of the British Association of Oral Surgeons (BAOS) 2014 Open Papers1. An Audit of Post-operative Complications Wisdom Tooth Removal, Employing the Use of Aseptic Versus Sterile “Scrubbing-up” technique Nikita Patel Abstract Aim: To identify if the method of scrubbing up is significant in the post-operative outcome following the surgical extraction of third molars by comparing the general anaesthetic clinic where a sterile technique is employed compared with local anaesthetic where an aseptic technique is used.Method: A retrospective audit of all patients requiring surgical removal of third molars with local and general anaesthetic over a 6-month period. A gold standard of <8% post-operative complication rate and <2% infection rate was set with no difference between the GA and LA clinics. Patients were identified using the telephone review system and procedure logbooks. Patients who attended for unplanned appointments were then identified and a data capture sheet was used to record information from patient clinical notes regarding the post-operative complication.Results: Data were collected for 352 patients. A total of 31 (9%) patients were found to have returned to Cardiff University Dental Hospital for post-operative complications. Of these, nine patients (29%) were treated with GA and 22 (71%) under LA. Therefore, the complication rate from GA was 8% and for LA 9%. A post-operative infection rate of 2% (eight patients) was identified in this audit. Of the eight patients, 2 (2%) had their wisdom tooth extracted on GA and 6 (3%) had their wisdom tooth extracted on LA.Conclusion: The gold standard for the rate of post-operative complication was not met but the infective rate was met and there was a 1% difference between the GA and LA clinics. Therefore, there is no clear advantage of either scrubbing-up method in association with patients returning with post-operative complications. So the extra cost may not be justified. The Publisher, Editor and the BAOS would like to apologise for this oversight. Reference 1British association of oral surgeons. Oral Surgery 2015; 8: 111– 125. https://doi.org/10.1111/ors.12156 Volume11, Issue1February 2018Pages 92-92 ReferencesRelatedInformation