Evaluation of the speech and quality of life at the rehabilitated stages in maxillofacial patients

本前瞻性研究的目的是探讨上颌骨切除术患者在术前、术后即刻封闭和固定封闭的语音效果和生活质量的变化。提示即刻手术封闭器能够恢复患者在最终封闭器时的语音和术前水平的语音。发现不同恢复期患者的生活质量得分存在差异，不同阶段生活质量得分的变化方式也不同。

The purpose of this prospective study was to investigate the speech outcome and the changes of the quality of life in maxillectomy patients at the presurgical stage, postsurgical stage with immediate surgical obturator and postsurgical stage with definitive obturator. It was suggested that the immediate surgical obturator be able to recover patient's speech at the definitive obturator and also the preoperative condition level. It was found that there were a difference in the scores of the QOL by a stage of the recovery and it was also found that the ways of change of the QOL scores were different by each stage.