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Prevalence of Trismus and its Effects on Quality of Life in Patients Treated for Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Prospective Study

Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences
Background: Trismus, a common complication of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) treatment, can significantly affect patients’ quality of life (QoL). Understanding its prevalence and impact is crucial for improving patient care.
Anita Mohanty, Monalisa Dash, Mudita Chaturvedi, Heena Dixit, Dheeraj Voulligonda, Suveet Mathur   +5 more
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Comparing Postoperative Pain and Recovery in Patients Receiving Conventional versus Laser-assisted Wisdom Teeth Extraction: A Split-mouth Study

Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences
Objective: This study compares the efficacy of erbium: yttrium-aluminum-garnet (Er:YAG) laser versus conventional surgical bur in terms of postoperative pain, edema, trismus, and patient satisfaction.
Jibin Jose Tom, Atul Kumar Singh, R. Swarnapriya, Nomitha Prakash, Soumalya Das, Swati Srivastava   +5 more
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Trismus Occurrence and Link With Radiotherapy Doses in Head and Neck Cancer Patients Treated With Chemoradiotherapy

Integrative Cancer Therapies, 2023
Background: Chemoradiotherapy (CRT) for head and neck cancer (HNC) induces side-effects, including trismus, which impairs quality of life by causing difficulty to eat, speak, and maintain good oral hygiene, and by altering social life.
Kerstin Faravel PT, MSc, Marta Jarlier MSc, Pierre Senesse MD, PhD, Marie-Eve Huteau MSc, Chloé Janiszewski MSc, Anne Stoebner MD, Pierre Boisselier MD   +6 more
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The Effectiveness of Submucosal Dexamethasone after Third Molar Extraction. A Single Blind Randomized Clinical Trial

Journal of Bahria University Medical and Dental College, 2022
Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of dexamethasone in alleviating pain and trismus of the patients who underwent extraction of the third molars. Methodology: A total of 120 patients took part in this randomized, controlled trial.
Saeed Ullah Shah, Nameera Agha, Abhishek Lal, Rahima Yousofi, Resham Nadeem, Naseer Ahmed   +5 more
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Trismus among Preclinical Students in a Medical College: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study

Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2022
Introduction: Trismus is a condition of reduced mouth opening due to tonic constrictions of the muscles of mastication. Trismus greatly affects health-related quality of life and thus daily life activities.
Nripendra Tiwari
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Trismus: An unusual presentation following road accident

Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery, 2007
Trismus due to trauma usually follows road accidents leading to massive faciomaxillary injury. In the literature there is no report of a foreign body causing trismus following a road accident, this rare case is an exception. We present a case of isolated
Thakur Jagdeep, Chauhan C.G.S, Diwana Vijay, Chauhan Dayal   +3 more
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MANAGEMENT OF ACUTE TRISMUS IN PATIENTS WITH HEAD AND NECK CANCERS

Journal of Cancer Rehabilitation, 2023
Background Trismus, a common complication in head and neck cancer survivors, negatively affects quality of life by causing pain, limiting nutrition, compromising oral hygiene and intimacy, and complicating the ability to assess for cancer recurrence ...
Ben Birkenfeld, Michael D. Stubblefield
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Mechanical Obstruction by Malposed Upper Third Molar: A Rare Cause of Trismus

Life and Science, 2023
Trismus is a multifactorial symptom which is most commonly presented after the removal of lower third molars. Upper third molar is a rare but true cause of trismus and must be included in the differential diagnosis.
Sarfraz Khan, Sheraz Bashir, Ijaz Ahmed
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Predicting the severity and prognosis of trismus after intensity-modulated radiation therapy for oral cancer patients by magnetic resonance imaging. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
To develop magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) indicators to predict trismus outcome for post-operative oral cavity cancer patients who received adjuvant intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), 22 patients with oral cancer treated with IMRT were ...
Li-Chun Hsieh, John W Chen, Li-Ying Wang, Yuk-Ming Tsang, Pei-Wei Shueng, Li-Jen Liao, Wu-Chia Lo, Yu-Chin Lin, Chien-Fu Tseng, Ying-Shiung Kuo, Jie-Yang Jhuang, Hui-Ju Tien, Hsueh-Fen Juan, Chen-Hsi Hsieh   +13 more
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Research progress on posttreatment trismus in malignant head and neck tumors

口腔疾病防治, 2021
Malignant tumors in the head and neck seriously threaten the physical and mental health of patients. After treatment, they may cause many complications, such as facial deformity, difficulties with chewing, dysphagia and asaphia.
WU Hao, ZHOU Zijie, ZHANG Chengyao, SHEN Shukun, LIU Jiannan, ZHANG Chenping   +5 more
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