Effectiveness of adhesive taping to reduce pain, swelling and trismus after fracture mandible surgery.
Trop Doct
; 53(1): 121-124, 2023 Jan.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-36423249
ABSTRACT
Swelling, pain and trismus constitute the major post-operative morbidity after surgery for mandibular fractures. We assessed the role of kinesio taping in mitigating these. Two groups of 15 patients were compared; those who had such applied to the side of the fracture and a control group of those who did not. Pain, swelling and trismus were assessed pre-operatively, and on the second, third and fifth post-operative days, and found to be significantly less in the study group. This simple technique is therefore effective. It is a simple frugal intervention without any side effects.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Mandibular Fractures
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Trop Doct
Year:
2023
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
India