慢性封闭锁的管理
Emma Charters1, Krishnan Parthasarathi1, Benjamin Gupta2
1Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Chris O'Brien Lifehouse, Sydney, Australia; School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
The British journal of oral & maxillofacial surgery
|September 25, 2025
概括
RestorabiteTM有效地治疗关节功能障碍 (TMD) 相关的三症,改善部移动性和生活质量. 这种安全,保守的伸缩装置对患有慢性TMJ闭锁的患者显示出显著的长期益处.
科学领域:
- 口腔和牙面部外科手术
- 康复医学 康复医学 康复医学
- 生物医学工程 生物医学工程
背景情况:
- 关节功能障碍 (TMD) 可以导致下的低移动性和三,影响功能.
- 在可行的情况下,对TMD的保守治疗是首选的,而不是手术干预.
- 关节 (TMJ) 慢性关闭锁定是一个重大的临床挑战.
研究的目的:
- 为了评估RestorabiteTM的安全性和有效性,这是一种新的拉伸装置.
- 评估RestorabiteTM对慢性关节闭锁患者关节炎的影响.
- 测量最大切口开口和生活质量结果的改善.
主要方法:
- 一项前性研究涉及15名参与者,他们患有TMD相关的三症.
- 参与者使用RestorabiteTM作为他们主要的保守治疗方式.
- 结果措施包括在基线,10周和6/12个月的随访期间的最大切肢开口和生活质量评估.
主要成果:
- 干预后最大切口的显著改善,平均为15.1毫米 (p < 0.001).
- 在6个月和12个月观察到口腔开口的持续增长 (分别为16.7毫米和15.5毫米).
- 与三症相关的生活质量得分显著改善 (23.6,p = 0.01) 没有任何不良事件.
结论:
- RestorabiteTM是一种安全有效的保守治疗TMD相关的三症.
- 该设备在改善部移动性和患者报告的结果方面表现出显著的有效性.
- RestorabiteTM为慢性关节关闭锁管理提供了一个可行的治疗选择.
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