Complications after mandibular setback with intraoral vertical ramus osteotomies: a retrospective cohort analysis of 133 patients. 2021

Torbjørn Ø Pedersen, and Vivian Haaberg, and Sigbjørn Løes
Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway. Electronic address: torbjorn.pedersen@uib.no.

OBJECTIVE In the present study, we assessed the rate of complications and morbidity after mandibular setback with bilateral intraoral vertical ramus osteotomy (IVRO). METHODS In total, 133 patients were included. The prevalence of neurosensory disturbance (NSD), surgical site infection (SSI), and other complications were registered 2 months and 1 year after surgery. The correlations between complications and age, sex, American Society of Anesthesiologists classification, body mass index, blood loss, and operative time were evaluated. RESULTS NSD was reported for 6.8% of the patients (9 of 133) 2 months after surgery (3.8% of the operated sites). The prevalence was significantly higher in female patients (P < .05). Two patients described persistent unilateral reduced sensibility after 1 year (1.5%). In total, 0.8% of the operated sites (2 of 266) had persistent NSD after 1 year. None of the patients required prolonged hospitalization, and 95.5% (127 of 133) were discharged the day after surgery. None of the patients experienced severe bleeding, and only 1 patient developed SSI. There were no significant correlations between patient-specific or intraoperative parameters evaluated and registered complications. CONCLUSIONS This study shows that IVRO is a safe surgical technique associated with a low complication rate. IVRO can be an alternative technique for mandibular setback in patients who can tolerate postoperative maxillomandibular fixation.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008334 Mandible The largest and strongest bone of the FACE constituting the lower jaw. It supports the lower teeth. Mylohyoid Groove,Mylohyoid Ridge,Groove, Mylohyoid,Grooves, Mylohyoid,Mandibles,Mylohyoid Grooves,Mylohyoid Ridges,Ridge, Mylohyoid,Ridges, Mylohyoid
D011378 Prognathism A condition marked by abnormal protrusion of the mandible. (Dorland, 27th ed) Prognathisms
D002508 Cephalometry The measurement of the dimensions of the HEAD. Craniometry
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012189 Retrospective Studies Studies used to test etiologic hypotheses in which inferences about an exposure to putative causal factors are derived from data relating to characteristics of persons under study or to events or experiences in their past. The essential feature is that some of the persons under study have the disease or outcome of interest and their characteristics are compared with those of unaffected persons. Retrospective Study,Studies, Retrospective,Study, Retrospective
D015331 Cohort Studies Studies in which subsets of a defined population are identified. These groups may or may not be exposed to factors hypothesized to influence the probability of the occurrence of a particular disease or other outcome. Cohorts are defined populations which, as a whole, are followed in an attempt to determine distinguishing subgroup characteristics. Birth Cohort Studies,Birth Cohort Study,Closed Cohort Studies,Cohort Analysis,Concurrent Studies,Historical Cohort Studies,Incidence Studies,Analysis, Cohort,Cohort Studies, Closed,Cohort Studies, Historical,Studies, Closed Cohort,Studies, Concurrent,Studies, Historical Cohort,Analyses, Cohort,Closed Cohort Study,Cohort Analyses,Cohort Studies, Birth,Cohort Study,Cohort Study, Birth,Cohort Study, Closed,Cohort Study, Historical,Concurrent Study,Historical Cohort Study,Incidence Study,Studies, Birth Cohort,Studies, Cohort,Studies, Incidence,Study, Birth Cohort,Study, Closed Cohort,Study, Cohort,Study, Concurrent,Study, Historical Cohort,Study, Incidence
D059229 Osteotomy, Sagittal Split Ramus Sagittal sectioning and repositioning of the ramus of the MANDIBLE to correct a mandibular retrusion, MALOCCLUSION, ANGLE CLASS III; and PROGNATHISM. The oblique sectioning line consists of multiple cuts horizontal and vertical to the mandibular ramus. Sagittal Split Ramal Osteotomy,Sagittal Split Ramus Osteotomy

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