Relationship between patients' perceptions of postsurgical sequelae and altered sensations after bilateral sagittal split osteotomy
Relationship between patients' perceptions of postsurgical sequelae and altered sensations after bilateral sagittal split osteotomy
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DOI:
10.1016/j.joms.2005.12.078
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发表时间:
2007-04-01
影响因子:
1.9
通讯作者:
Tucker, Myron
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作者:
Phillips, Ceib;Essick, Greg;Tucker, Myron
Purpose: Following orthognathic surgery, patients use qualitatively different words to describe altered sensation on their face. These words indicate normal, hypoesthetic, paresthetic, or dysesthetic sensations and so reflect the intrusiveness of the altered sensation. The objective of this study was to examine the relationship between the intrusiveness of the altered sensation and the extent to which it and the associated impairment in facial function were perceived to be a problem in the lives of the patients.Patients and Methods: One hundred forty-six patients who had a mandibular osteotomy with or without a maxillary procedure were included. Word choice data were obtained during patients' assessment of spontaneous and evoked facial sensations before surgery and at I week, 1, 3, and 6 months after surgery and the difficulty or problem levels associated with the altered sensation itself (PAS) and facial functions or oral behaviors in every day life (PAT) were obtained from validated questionnaires. Stratified-by-subject repeated measures Mantel Haenszel correlation statistics were calculated to assess the associations between the intrusiveness of the altered sensation and the problem levels associated with the altered sensation and with the facial functions.Results: On average, the perception of the difficulty with each of the PAS and PAF items decreased from 1 week to 6 months after surgery (all P values