Cetira-Filho EL, Costa FWG, Santos SE, Mello MDJR, Silva PGDB, de Aguiar ASW. Sensitive nerve function measurement in facial trauma: An observational study.
J Clin Exp Dent 2021;
13:e14-e21. [PMID:
33425226 PMCID:
PMC7781219 DOI:
10.4317/jced.56830]
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Abstract
Background
Facial trauma is responsible for various types of health damage and may be functional or aesthetic. Depending on the degree of energy released in this type of trauma, sometimes an irreversibility degree is obtained. This study aimed to perform an objective evaluation of traumatic peripheral nerve injuries resulting from mandibular fractures and midface, using silicon monofilaments.
Material and Methods
This was an observational, cross-sectional study. All patients with maxillofacial fractures, who were hospitalized by the department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery of Instituto Dr. José Frota Hospital, were randomly recruited and screened for inclusion in the present study. Sixty patients, victims of automobile accidents or firearms, were evaluated using Semmes Weinstein monofilaments in the regions corresponding to the mental and infraorbital nerves, right and left.
Results
The highest frequencies mandibular nerve changes were those that there was a loss protective sensation, but in which, the patient can feel deep pressure and pain; In which the worst sensory alterations occurred in patients’ victims of firearm. In the middle third of the face, the worst alterations were those that there was a loss of the protective and discriminating sensation for hot and cold.
Conclusions
The use of monofilaments is a support tool in oral and maxillofacial traumatology for the diagnosis and monitoring of peripheral sensory alterations.
Key words:Peripheral nerve injuries, facial trauma, wounds and injuries, accidents, traffic, violence.
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