[The comparative efficacy of different physiotherapy combinations in treating mandibular fractures]

The authors compare the efficacy of IR laser, a combination of magnetic laser radiation and UHF electric field followed dy calcium chloride electrophoresis on the course of mandibular fracture healing. With this purpose 114 patients with uni- and bilateral mandibular fractures were examined and administered a course of preventive treatment. Analysis of the clinical data, subjective sensations of the injured subjects, and data of functional diagnostic methods (rheography, polarography, echo-osteometry) brought the authors to a conclusion on a positive effect ot IR laser and, more so, of magnetic laser therapy on the recovery of regional hemodynamics and oxygen homeostasis of tissues at the site of injury, this being conducive to reduction of pyoinflammatory complications and a sooner rehabilitation of the patients. These results recommend IR laser combined with magnetic field exposure for multiple-modality treatment of patients with mandibular fractures, particularly for those with marked dislocation of bone fragments and regional blood flow disturbances.