Effects of Dexamethasone and Photobiomodulation on Pain, Swelling, and Quality of Life After Buccal Fat Pad Removal: A Clinical Trial

Silva, Diego Assunção Calixto Da; Almeida, Fabio De Lucas Da Silva; Ota, Tâmara Melo Nunes; Guimarães, Douglas Magno; Fernandes, Kristianne Porta Santos

doi:10.1016/j.joms.2020.07.006

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“… 5 Psychometric instruments, such as the Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP), have been used to describe the quality of life associated with oral health. 2 , 6 The original instrument has 49 items representing 7 domains 7 and has been validated in Spanish, 8 Italian 9 and even reduced and simplified to 5 items. 10 However, there are no records on the HRQOL of bichectomy patients in Spanish-speaking databases, so longitudinal studies and large numbers of participants are impossible.…”

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Chilean Patients’ Perception of Their Oral Health-Related Quality of Life After Bichectomy

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Nunez²,

Gutiérrrez³

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To describe the quality of life associated with oral health in patients who have had bichectomy surgery in Chile using the Spanish version of the health-Related Quality of Life instrument (HRQOL-sp). Material and Methods: We designed a cross-sectional study. The HRQOL-sp scale was administered to dental patients in a private clinic who had bichectomy surgery between December 2020 and June 2021. The HRQOL-sp instrument has four domains: oral function, general activity, postoperative signs, symptoms or complications, and pain level. The instrument was administered by telephone survey on days 1, 3, 5 and 7 post-surgery. Interference in quality of life was defined as when patients selected the options "quite a few problems" or "many problems" for oral function and general activity. Signs and symptoms related to post-surgical complications and pain were also described with a verbal rating scale from one to ten. All results were compared between postoperative days according to the domains of the HRQOL-sp scale. Results: Seventy-three patients (age 27.75 ± 8.06 years; 93.15% female) participated. Bichectomy patients report the highest interference in quality of life on the first postoperative day because most were unable to chew (71.23%). On the first and third postoperative days, the most frequent complication was swelling (97.26%), and on the fifth day was ecchymosis (42.47%). The average worst perceived pain was 3.34±2.32 on the verbal analogue scale. The rest of the evaluated items significantly decreased towards the seventh postoperative day (p<0.05). Conclusion:Interference in quality of life associated with bichectomy surgery is greatest on the first postoperative day. Complications and pain levels decreased significantly over time.

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Chilean Patients’ Perception of Their Oral Health-Related Quality of Life After Bichectomy

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Effectiveness of bandage in the incidence of major complications on bichectomy: literature review and case series of 643 bichectomies

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Moreira

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Oral Maxillofac Surg

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Buccal fat pad removal or bichectomy is an esthetic surgical procedure that is gaining notoriety and increasing number worldwide. This paper aims to discuss the effectiveness of bandage in bichectomy postoperative concerning major complications like bleeding and subcutaneous emphysema. This is a retrospective case series according to PROCESS guidelines of 643 bichectomy surgeries performed by two different surgeons with the same technique from January 2018 until December 2020. Effectiveness of bandage is evaluated in complications rate decrease with statistical tests (p < 0.05). A literature review was performed to sediment knowledge about this theme. Female patients search for buccal fat pad removal more for esthetic reasons and male patients for functional purposes. Bichectomy has a low incidence of major complications, and this incidence decreases more with a bandage use (95%CI). Bandages are effective in the decrease of major complications related to bichectomy.

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Effects of low-level laser therapy on reducing pain, edema, and trismus after orthognathic surgery: a systematic review

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Effects of Dexamethasone and Photobiomodulation on Pain, Swelling, and Quality of Life After Buccal Fat Pad Removal: A Clinical Trial

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Chilean Patients’ Perception of Their Oral Health-Related Quality of Life After Bichectomy

Chilean Patients’ Perception of Their Oral Health-Related Quality of Life After Bichectomy

Effectiveness of bandage in the incidence of major complications on bichectomy: literature review and case series of 643 bichectomies

Effects of low-level laser therapy on reducing pain, edema, and trismus after orthognathic surgery: a systematic review

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