Recovery following Orthognathic Surgery Procedures—A Pilot Study

Cristian Dinu, Avram Manea, Denisa Tomoiagă, Mihaela Băciuț, Oana Almășan (), Andrei Otto Mitre, Ioan Barbur, Mihaela Hedeșiu, Gabriel Armencea, Horia Opriș, Sebastian Stoia, Tiberiu Tamaș, Grigore Băciuț, Florin Onișor and Simion Bran
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Cristian Dinu: Department of Maxillofacial Surgery and Implantology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Iuliu Hațieganu”, 37 Cardinal Iuliu Hossu Street, 400029 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Avram Manea: Department of Maxillofacial Surgery and Implantology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Iuliu Hațieganu”, 37 Cardinal Iuliu Hossu Street, 400029 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Denisa Tomoiagă: Department of Maxillofacial Surgery and Implantology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Iuliu Hațieganu”, 37 Cardinal Iuliu Hossu Street, 400029 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Mihaela Băciuț: Department of Maxillofacial Surgery and Implantology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Iuliu Hațieganu”, 37 Cardinal Iuliu Hossu Street, 400029 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Oana Almășan: Department of Prosthetic Dentistry and Dental Materials, Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 32 Clinicilor Street, 400006 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Andrei Otto Mitre: Department of Maxillofacial Surgery and Implantology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Iuliu Hațieganu”, 37 Cardinal Iuliu Hossu Street, 400029 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Ioan Barbur: Department of Maxillofacial Surgery and Implantology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Iuliu Hațieganu”, 37 Cardinal Iuliu Hossu Street, 400029 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Mihaela Hedeșiu: Department of Maxillofacial Surgery and Implantology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Iuliu Hațieganu”, 37 Cardinal Iuliu Hossu Street, 400029 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Gabriel Armencea: Department of Maxillofacial Surgery and Implantology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Iuliu Hațieganu”, 37 Cardinal Iuliu Hossu Street, 400029 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Horia Opriș: Department of Maxillofacial Surgery and Implantology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Iuliu Hațieganu”, 37 Cardinal Iuliu Hossu Street, 400029 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Sebastian Stoia: Department of Maxillofacial Surgery and Implantology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Iuliu Hațieganu”, 37 Cardinal Iuliu Hossu Street, 400029 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Tiberiu Tamaș: Department of Maxillofacial Surgery and Implantology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Iuliu Hațieganu”, 37 Cardinal Iuliu Hossu Street, 400029 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Grigore Băciuț: Department of Maxillofacial Surgery and Implantology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Iuliu Hațieganu”, 37 Cardinal Iuliu Hossu Street, 400029 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Florin Onișor: Department of Maxillofacial Surgery and Implantology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Iuliu Hațieganu”, 37 Cardinal Iuliu Hossu Street, 400029 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Simion Bran: Department of Maxillofacial Surgery and Implantology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Iuliu Hațieganu”, 37 Cardinal Iuliu Hossu Street, 400029 Cluj-Napoca, Romania

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 23, 1-14

Abstract: This study aims at evaluating and categorizing patients’ objective and subjective postoperative recovery symptoms after bimaxillary orthognathic surgery assigning the healing process. The patients were monitored throughout the recovery process, and their symptoms were managed. A prospective, observational study was performed. Patients with Class II and III malocclusion (aged 18 to 35) were evaluated and monitored preoperatively, and postoperatively at 48 h, 2 weeks, 1 month, and 3 months postsurgery. A questionnaire was used to assess pain and anesthesia/hypoesthesia. The most common objective and subjective signs that were correlated with the healing process were edema, hematoma, trismus, pain, and anesthesia/hypoesthesia. Edema peaked at 48–72 h postoperatively (distance between eye’s external canthus and gonion, mean difference = 4.53, between tragus and cheilion, mean difference = 7, between tragus and gnathion, mean difference = 4.65, p < 0.001); mouth opening amplitude was significantly decreased during the first two weeks postsurgery (class II, mean difference = 32.42, p = 0.006, class III, mean difference = 44.57, p < 0.001), but it steadily and considerably improved over three months. The nose tended to widen postsurgery. The most severe pain experienced by patients was of medium intensity in the mandibular body, described as pressure, and usually did not spread. Patients were most severely and persistently impacted by anesthesia/hypoesthesia.

Keywords: orthognathic surgery; edema; trismus; pain; anesthesia; hypoesthesia; recovery after surgery (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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