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Analysis of trigeminal nerve disorders after oral and maxillofacial intervention
BACKGROUND: Quantitative sensory testing (QST) is applied to evaluate somatosensory nerve fiber function in the spinal system. This study uses QST in patients with sensory dysfunctions after oral and maxillofacial surgery. METHODS: Orofacial sensory functions were investigated by psychophysical mean...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2984556/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20977760 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1746-160X-6-24 |
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author | Said Yekta, Sareh Koch, Felix Grosjean, Maurice B Esteves-Oliveira, Marcella Stein, Jamal M Ghassemi, Alireza Riediger, Dieter Lampert, Friedrich Smeets, Ralf |
author_facet | Said Yekta, Sareh Koch, Felix Grosjean, Maurice B Esteves-Oliveira, Marcella Stein, Jamal M Ghassemi, Alireza Riediger, Dieter Lampert, Friedrich Smeets, Ralf |
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description | BACKGROUND: Quantitative sensory testing (QST) is applied to evaluate somatosensory nerve fiber function in the spinal system. This study uses QST in patients with sensory dysfunctions after oral and maxillofacial surgery. METHODS: Orofacial sensory functions were investigated by psychophysical means in 60 volunteers (30 patients with sensory disturbances and 30 control subjects) in innervation areas of the infraorbital, mental and lingual nerves. The patients were tested 1 week, 4 weeks, 7 weeks and 10 weeks following oral and maxillofacial surgery. RESULTS: QST monitored somatosensory deficits and recovery of trigeminal nerve functions in all patients. Significant differences (p < 0.05) between control group and patients were shown for cold, warm and mechanical detection thresholds and for cold, heat and mechanical pain thresholds. Additionally, QST monitored recovery of nerve functions in all patients. CONCLUSION: QST can be applied for non-invasive assessment of sensory nerve function (Aβ-, Aδ- and C-fiber) in the orofacial region and is useful in the diagnosis of trigeminal nerve disorders in patients. |
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spelling | pubmed-29845562010-11-19 Analysis of trigeminal nerve disorders after oral and maxillofacial intervention Said Yekta, Sareh Koch, Felix Grosjean, Maurice B Esteves-Oliveira, Marcella Stein, Jamal M Ghassemi, Alireza Riediger, Dieter Lampert, Friedrich Smeets, Ralf Head Face Med Research BACKGROUND: Quantitative sensory testing (QST) is applied to evaluate somatosensory nerve fiber function in the spinal system. This study uses QST in patients with sensory dysfunctions after oral and maxillofacial surgery. METHODS: Orofacial sensory functions were investigated by psychophysical means in 60 volunteers (30 patients with sensory disturbances and 30 control subjects) in innervation areas of the infraorbital, mental and lingual nerves. The patients were tested 1 week, 4 weeks, 7 weeks and 10 weeks following oral and maxillofacial surgery. RESULTS: QST monitored somatosensory deficits and recovery of trigeminal nerve functions in all patients. Significant differences (p < 0.05) between control group and patients were shown for cold, warm and mechanical detection thresholds and for cold, heat and mechanical pain thresholds. Additionally, QST monitored recovery of nerve functions in all patients. CONCLUSION: QST can be applied for non-invasive assessment of sensory nerve function (Aβ-, Aδ- and C-fiber) in the orofacial region and is useful in the diagnosis of trigeminal nerve disorders in patients. BioMed Central 2010-10-26 /pmc/articles/PMC2984556/ /pubmed/20977760 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1746-160X-6-24 Text en Copyright ©2010 Said Yekta et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Said Yekta, Sareh Koch, Felix Grosjean, Maurice B Esteves-Oliveira, Marcella Stein, Jamal M Ghassemi, Alireza Riediger, Dieter Lampert, Friedrich Smeets, Ralf Analysis of trigeminal nerve disorders after oral and maxillofacial intervention |
title | Analysis of trigeminal nerve disorders after oral and maxillofacial intervention |
title_full | Analysis of trigeminal nerve disorders after oral and maxillofacial intervention |
title_fullStr | Analysis of trigeminal nerve disorders after oral and maxillofacial intervention |
title_full_unstemmed | Analysis of trigeminal nerve disorders after oral and maxillofacial intervention |
title_short | Analysis of trigeminal nerve disorders after oral and maxillofacial intervention |
title_sort | analysis of trigeminal nerve disorders after oral and maxillofacial intervention |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2984556/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20977760 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1746-160X-6-24 |
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