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A comparative study of surgical drain placement and the use of kinesiologic tape to reduce postoperative morbidity after third molar surgery

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Abstract

Objectives

Our aim was to compare the effects of the surgical drain and kinesiotape applications on postoperative morbidity after mandibular third molar surgery in a split-mouth study design.

Materials and methods

A single-centre, split-mouth study was performed in 23 patients who needed surgical removal of bilateral mandibular third molars. Each patient was treated with a drain tube on one side of the mandible and Kinesio tape (KT) on the contralateral side.

Results

Swelling was significantly greater in the KT group than in the drain group throughout the study period. The groups did not differ significantly in the amount of trismus at any time point. The Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)-measured pain intensity was significantly lower in the drainage group. Patients with KT had greater postoperative discomfort than those with a drain tube. All patients were generally satisfied with their treatments.

Clinical relevance

Although both treatments were useful, a surgical drain was significantly more effective at reducing swelling and pain intensity than Kinesio tape. The effects of both on trismus were similar.

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The authors thank Mevlut Uzun for assistance with statistical analysis.

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  1. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Aysenur Genc, Sirmahan Cakarer, Basak Keskin Yalcin, Sabri Cemil Isler & Cengizhan Keskin

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All procedures were performed in accordance with the ethical standards of our institutional and/or national research committee(s) and those of the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and later amendments or comparable ethical standards. The study was approved by the ethics review board of Istanbul University, Faculty of Dentistry.

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Genc, A., Cakarer, S., Yalcin, B.K. et al. A comparative study of surgical drain placement and the use of kinesiologic tape to reduce postoperative morbidity after third molar surgery. Clin Oral Invest 23, 345–350 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00784-018-2442-x

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