ArticleAnnals of medicine and surgery (2012)2024
Effect of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation on maximum mouth opening after orthognathic surgery: a randomised controlled trial.
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- Multimodal physiotherapeutic management of postoperative complications in orthognathic surgery: A literature review and institutional protocol proposal.Medicina oral, patologia oral y cirugia bucal · 2026Review
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Abstract
Background: The present study aims to determine the effect of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) on maximum mouth opening (MMO) after orthognathic surgery. Materials and methods: This study is a randomised clinical trial. The samples of this study were class III patients who are candidates for Le Fort I osteotomy surgery for maxillary advancement and bilateral sagittal split osteotomy (BSSO) for mandibular setback surgery due to the lack of maxilla growth and mandibular prognathism using the Dalpont method. On the day following surgery, the intervention group received TENS physiotherapy and instructions to take analgesics. In the control group, patients only received analgesics. MMO was measured in both groups using a digital caliper preoperatively, 1 month, and 6 months postoperatively. Results: A total of 82 patients participated in this study, who were divided into two groups of 41, intervention and control. The difference in the mean MMO in different periods after surgery of the intervention group (F=59733.350, Conclusion: It can be concluded from the results of this study, that the use of TENS after orthognathic surgery can be effective along with analgesics in reducing pain intensity and, subsequently, recovery in MMO in the short term.
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