The Effectiveness of Using a Single Post-operative Intramuscular Dexamethasone Injection on Patients with Surgical Extraction of Lower Third Molar(Split Mouth Technique)
试验速览
- 阶段
- 1 期
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 16
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- post operative pain changes
研究概览
简要总结
Evaluating the effectiveness of using a single immediate postoperative intramuscular Dexamethasone injection on pain, swelling, trismus and tissue healing in the first seven days.
Methods: A split mouth technique on 16 patients with bilateral similar impacted mandibular third molar were extracted; one side was given 8mg intramuscular injection of dexamethasone (study group) and the other side wasn't given injection (control group) and compare of the two sides were done in the following seven days.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Non Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Prevention
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 15 Years 至 40 Years（Child, Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •bilateral similar impacted lower third molar
- •willing to do surgical extraction
排除标准
- •Patients who are not fulfill the inclusion criteria
- •allergic to dexamethasone
- •who has medical diseases
- •taking any medications
- •pregnant or lactating women
研究组 & 干预措施
dexamethasone immediate injection postoperatively
intramuscular injection of a single dose 8mg dexamethasone immediate postoperatively after removal of impacted mandibular third molar
干预措施: Dexamethasone (Drug)
结局指标
主要结局
post operative pain changes
时间窗: each participant was seen at 1st, 3rd and 7th post-operative days
measurement of change in pain on visual scale analog from 10 to 1 , 10 mean the worst pain and 1 is least pain
Change in post operative swelling
时间窗: each participant was seen at 1st, 3rd and 7th post-operative days
The swelling was measured between two points marked on skin in millimeters using ruler
Post operative Change in mouth opening
时间窗: each participant was seen at 1st, 3rd and 7th post-operative days
The distance between upper and lower incisors was measured in millimeters using ruler
次要结局
- Tissue healing(Healing was assessed on the 7th postoperative day)
研究者
Yassir R. Al-khannaq
lecturer Dr.
University of Baghdad