Effat KG. Chronic craniomandibular pain after craniotomy: A long-term clinical study.
Cranio 2022:1-8. [PMID:
36503374 DOI:
10.1080/08869634.2022.2154930]
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE
Chronic craniomandibular/cervical pain and temporomandibular disorders have not been studied in patients who had a craniotomy several years previously. The aim of the current clinical work was to address these issues.
METHODS
A total group of 150 ambulant patients who had a previous craniotomy was subclassified according to whether or not the temporalis muscle was manipulated.
RESULTS
The average incidence of multiple subsite regional head and neck pain was 69.3% a number of years after a craniotomy. Evidence of internal derangement of the temporomandibular joint was significantly higher in the group that required manipulation of the temporalis muscle during the procedure.
CONCLUSION
The pattern of chronic craniomandibular/cervical pain experienced years after a craniotomy supports the brain neuromatrix theory of pain.
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