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- Englesson-Sahlström, Lotta, et al.
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Lavage question in treatment of painful reduced mouth opening capacity
- 2008
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Ingår i: Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery. - 1010-5182 .- 1878-4119. ; 36:Suppl 1, s. 162-163
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- OBJECTIVES: To compare treatment with local anaesthetics and local anaesthetics and lavage in patients with temporomandibular joint (TMJ) pain and reduced mouth opening in a randomized controlled trial. METHODS: Forty-one women and four men (mean age 35 years) participated. All patients had had TMJ pain för more than 3 months, had reduced mouth opening capacity, and had non-reducin disc displacement confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging. The patient were randomized to treatment with extra-articular local anaesthetics alone (control) or with extra-articular local anaesthetics and lavage (treatment). All patients were examined at basline and at 1 and 3 months by an examiner blind to treatment. Successful treatment was determined as 30% or more pain reduction on a 100-mm visual analog scale (VAS). RESULTS: At baseline, mean pain intensity (VAS) on movement of the TMJ was 58 among the controls and 61 in the treatment group. At the 3-month folow-up, treatment was considered succesful in 76% of the controls and 50% of the treatment group. Mouth opening capacity without assistance was 34 mm and 33 mm at baseline and 43 mm and 38 mm after 3 months among the controls and in the treatment group, respectively. These differences between groups in median pain intesity, successful treatment outcome, and mouth opening capacity with assistance were nonsignificant. CONLUSIONS: Use of lavage to supplement extra-articular local anaesthetic treatment of painful reduced mouth opening at non-reducing discs does not appear to improve treatment outcome.
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- Englesson Sahlström, Lotta, et al.
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Lavage Questionable in Treatment of Painful Reduced Mouth Opening (Stockholm)
- 2008
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Objective: To compare treatment with local anaesthetics and local anaesthetics in combination with lavage in patients with temporomandibular joint (TMJ) pain and reduced mouth opening in a randomized controlled trial. Material and methods: Forty-one women and four men (mean age of 35 years) participated. All patients had had TMJ pain for more than 3 months, had reduced mouth opening capacity, and had non-reducing disc displacement confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging. The patients were randomized to treatment with extra-articular local anaesthetic alone (control) or with extra-articular local anaesthetic in combination with lavage (treatment). All patients were examined at baseline and at 1 and 3 months by an examiner blind to treatment. Successful treatment was determined as 30% or more pain reduction on a 100-mm analog scale (VAS). Results: At baseline, mean pain intensity (VAS) of the TMJ during mandibular movements was rated 58 among the controls and 61 in the treatment group. At the 3 months follow-up, treatment was considered successful in 76% of the controls and 50% of the treatment group. Mouth opening capacity was 34 mm and 33 mm at baseline and 43mm and 38 mm after 3 months among the controls and in the treatment group, respectively. These differences between groups in pain intensity (VAS), successful treatment outcome (≥ 30%), and mouth opening capacity (mm) were non-significant between groups. Conclusion: Use of lavage to supplement extra-articular local anesthetic treatment of painful reduced mouth opening at non-reducing dics does not appear to improve treatment outcome. only.
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