Topic: Head and neck cancer
Category: Case report
Cases Presentation: A 55-year-old and 56-year-old female patients with OLP and trismus were treated with a handpiece that works with a frequency comprised between 500 kHz and 1 MHz. Parameters used were: first case – biostimulation with application of monopolar capacitive technique software muscle hypotonia, at the power of 29%, for 10 minutes; biostimulation with bipolar resistive technique software contractures power 20%, 10 minutes. Second case –biostimulation with application of monopolar capacitive technique software muscle hypotonia, at the power of 17%, for 10 minutes; biostimulation with bipolar resistive technique software contractures power 20%, 10 minutes.
Results: Patients increased the mouth opening respectively of 6 mm and 8 mm and pain disappeared.
Conclusions: The use of radiofrequency in the treatment of trismus associated with potentially malignant diseases could be a safe and effective tool, although further studies are needed to confirm these preliminary data.
To cite this article Casu C. Department of Surgical Science, Oral Biotechnology Laboratory, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy WCRJ 2022;
9: e2392
DOI: 10.32113/wcrj_20229_2392
Submission date: 29 Mar 2022
Revised on: 05 May 2022
Accepted on: 30 Aug 2022
Published online: 15 Sep 2022
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