Influence of the volume of surgical intervention on the severity of pain in patients after orthognathic surgery

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Treatment of patients with jaw abnormalities involves orthognathic surgery, one of the consequences of which is pain in the postoperative period. A lot of research is devoted to the study of pain and methods of its relief, since it is one of the factors affecting the comfort of patients during rehabilitation. Currently, there is a lot of debate in the scientific literature regarding the factors that are responsible for the severity of postoperative pain syndrome. In addition, patients themselves, before surgical treatment, are concerned about the intensity of postoperative pain and their relationship with the extent of surgery.
 AIMS: Due to the existing controversy, primarily regarding the relationship between the extent of surgical intervention and the intensity of pain, in our study we set ourselves the goal of identifying factors that directly influence the postoperative pain experienced by patients.
 MATERIALS AND METHODS: The intensity of pain in patients on second day after orthognathic surgery was measured using VAS.
 RESULTS: During the study, patients after orthognathic surgery were divided into groups based on the extent of surgery, gender, age, and duration of surgery to compare their VAS pain intensity scores. Having analyzed the data obtained, in none of the groups was there a statistically significant difference in the average VAS scores of patients pain intensity (p 0.05).
 CONCLUSIONS: Neither the volume nor the duration of orthognathic surgery, nor the age or gender of the patients affects the intensity of pain.