Shockwave Therapy Versus LIPUS on Mandibular Fracture Bone Healing

Hams Hamed Abdelrahman

Status: Completed

Conditions: Mandibular Fractures

Treatments: Procedure: Inter maxillary fixation; Procedure: inter maxillary fixation with shockwave therapy; Procedure: Inter maxillary fixation and exposure to low intensity pulsed

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04518956

Mandibular fracture healing

Details and patient eligibility

About

compare between the effect of shockwave therapy and low-intensity pulsed ultrasound on healing process of fresh mandibular fractures

Full description

The mandible is the commonest facial bone to fracture. Mandibular fractures represent more than 74% of all maxillofacial fractures.

To compare between the effect of shockwave therapy and low-intensity pulsed ultrasound on healing process of fresh mandibular fractures.

A total of 21 patients; aged between 20-40 years, who have mandibular fracture were selected for this study from the outpatient clinic of the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Alexandria University. In this study all patients were subjected to closed reduction and intermaxillary fixation. This will be followed by shockwave therapy in seven patients as a study group and by low-intensity pulsed ultrasound in seven patients as study group. Seven patients will receive neither and will constitute the control group.

Enrollment: 21 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 40 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria -Patients selected for this study will have fresh fracture mandible which is indicated for closed reduction.

Exclusion Criteria

-Patients having the following criteria will be excluded scars, burns, infection in the Skin in the relevant working area

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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21 participants in 3 patient groups

Inter maxillary fixation and exposure to shockwave therapy

Experimental group

Treatment:

Procedure: inter maxillary fixation with shockwave therapy

Inter maxillary fixation and exposure to low intensity pulsed

Experimental group

Treatment:

Procedure: Inter maxillary fixation and exposure to low intensity pulsed

Inter maxillary fixation only

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Procedure: Inter maxillary fixation