Prospective study of postoperative sensory disturbances after surgical treatment of mandibular fractures.
Oral Maxillofac Surg
; 17(1): 27-31, 2013 Mar.
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| ID: mdl-22552789
INTRODUCTION: This present study's purpose is to evaluate the degree of paresthesia and recovery of inferior alveolar nerve in patients with mandible fractures who underwent surgical treatment. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Nineteen patients were evaluated (27 hemimandibles) at six different times: preoperative (T1), postoperative 1 week (T2), postoperative 1 month (T3), postoperative 3 months (T4), postoperative 6 months (T5), and postoperative 1 year (T6). Subjective and objective methods were used for this evaluation. RESULTS: The results were analyzed using likelihood ratio chi-square test for the hypothesis of no association between indicators of sensitivity and responses to the questionnaire, and the Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel test for equality hypothesis. All objective tests showed a statistically significant worsening in sensitivity at T2 (p < 0.0001) and a significant improvement after T4 (α < 0.05). The subjective tests showed an association with the objectives tests, and improvement in sensitivity after T4 (p < 0.0001) was noted. DISCUSSION: The first postoperative week is the period in which there are major changes with respect to sensitivity, and after 3 months postoperatively, the recovery reaches its apex with little difference observed after this period. In this research 100 % of the patients analyzed recovered all sensibility until T6.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Parestesia
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Complicações Pós-Operatórias
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Fraturas Mandibulares
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Nervo Mandibular
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Oral Maxillofac Surg
Assunto da revista:
ODONTOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2013
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil
País de publicação:
Alemanha