Introduction: Atrophic mandibular fractures are injuries found in old age due to facial trauma. Its treatment is a challenge, even for experienced surgeons, due to the different approaches that can be taken from clinical decisions. Taking into consideration the limitations that the age presented by most of the affected patients brigs, there are devices that stand out by seeking benefits in terms of predictability and time gain in the intraoperative period. The additive manufacturing is a valuable resource in the surgical planning and rehabilitation of these patients. Objective: To expose a clinical case that demonstrates the success in the use of surgical planning through a prototype printed in 3D technology. Clinical case: Elderly woman, 75 years old, victim of a fall from her own height who had a bilateral atrophic mandible fracture due to facial trauma. The surgical procedure was planned using a prototype printed in 3D technology providing predictability and reduced surgical time. The patient evolved in the postoperative period without complaints, with function immediately restores and without signs of infection or plate exposure. Conclusions: Atrophic mandible fractures are still related to a challenging treatment, therefore, adequate surgical planning and the use of auxiliary strategies such as 3D prototyping provide greater predictability of results, as well as time gain during the intraoperative.
Objetivo: Avaliar a qualidade de vida e o grau de satisfação de pacientes submetidos a tratamento ortodôntico-cirúrgico após cirurgia ortognática. Metodologia: Trinta pacientes orto-cirúrgicos responderam a dois questionários específicos (versão em português) - um sobre qualidade de vida (Orthognathic Quality of Life Questionnaire - OQLQ) e outro sobre grau de satisfação (Post-Surgical Patient Satisfaction Questionnaire - PSPSQ) - e responderam a um formulário contendo dados socioeconômico-educacionais e tempo pós-cirúrgico. As associações entre as variáveis independentes (idade, sexo, estado civil, escolaridade, renda familiar e tempo pós-cirúrgico) e variáveis dependentes (qualidade de vida e grau de satisfação) foram submetidas ao teste de Mann-Whitney (significância de 5%). O teste de correlação de Spearman (significância de 5%) foi aplicado para analisar a relação entre as variáveis dependentes. Resultados: O OQLQ teve média de 16.17 (±19.17) e mediana de 12, caracterizando a amostra com bom perfil de qualidade de vida. O PSPSQ obteve média de 26.6 (±1.99) e mediana de 27, evidenciando alto grau de satisfação após o tratamento cirúrgico. Houve correlação significativa entre o OQLQ x PSPSQ do tipo moderado negativo (0.40 a 0.69) e não houve correlação significativa entre as variáveis socioeconômico-educacionais e o tempo pós-cirúrgico com OQLQ e PSPSQ. Conclusão: O estudo indicou que a alta satisfação com o tratamento cirúrgico está diretamente relacionada à boa qualidade de vida apresentada após o tratamento, demonstrando a importância do tratamento orto-cirúrgico.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.
hi@scite.ai
10624 S. Eastern Ave., Ste. A-614
Henderson, NV 89052, USA
Copyright © 2024 scite LLC. All rights reserved.
Made with 💙 for researchers
Part of the Research Solutions Family.