China Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery ›› 2020, Vol. 18 ›› Issue (6): 531-534.doi: 10.19438/j.cjoms.2020.06.012

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Full-time rehabilitation nursing in arthroscopic discopexy for anterior disc displacement with perforation of temporomandibular joint

YUN Bai, YU Lei-lei, LUO Yi   

  1. Department of Nursing, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Medicine. Shanghai 200011, China
  • Received:2020-05-23 Revised:2020-09-08 Published:2020-12-31

Abstract: PURPOSE: To introduce and evaluate the effect of full-time rehabilitation nursing in arthroscopic discopexy for patients of anterior disc displacement with perforation in temporomandibular joint(TMJ). METHODS: A retrospective study from January 2017 to December 2018 was made on patients (anterior disc displacement with perforation) who were treated by arthroscopic discopexy combined with full-time rehabilitation nursing intervention. The values of clinical parameters including visual analogue scale (VAS) for pain and maximum inter-incisal opening (MIO) were compared pre- and post- operatively. The results were analyzed by paired t test with SPSS 24.0 software package. RESULTS: A total of 54 patients met the inclusion criteria in this study. With the intervention of whole course rehabilitation nursing intervention, all patients presented with good cooperation and high compliance, and no patient was lost to follow-up. Meanwhile, all patients finished the postoperative mouth opening training and jaw pad treatment. During the follow-up of 6 months, the mean value of MIO increased from (31.76± 7.40) mm (before treatment) to (35.24± 6.22) mm (P=0.001) and the mean score of VAS decreased from 3.13± 2.76 to 0.96± 1.26(P=0.04). CONCLUSIONS: Full-time rehabilitation nursing provides a more comprehensive and individualized intervention, which effectively enhances the treatment of arthroscopic discopexy for patients of anterior disc displacement with perforation in TMJ by improving mouth opening, and relieving pain.

Key words: Full-time rehabilitation nursing, Anterior disc displacement, Perforation of articular disc, Temporomandibular arthroscopy

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