International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery
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Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg · Dec 2004
Case ReportsSialosis and necrotising sialometaplasia in bulimia; a case report.
Salivary gland involvement, particularly salivary gland enlargement (sialosis), is a recognised complication in bulimia. We report the rare association of sialosis and necrotising sialometaplasia with bulimia in the same patient. The association of sialosis and necrotising sialometaplasia in the same patient with bulimia has been reported previously in two patients and may be coincidental, but the appearance in this additional patient suggests it may be prudent to explore this further.
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Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg · Dec 2004
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialPreoperative ketorolac has a preemptive effect for postoperative third molar surgical pain.
There is uncertainty regarding the role of preemptive analgesia in preventing postoperative pain. Most previous studies were of parallel design completed under general anesthesia with many confounding inter-patient's variables. The present study evaluated the efficacy of preemptive ketorolac in a crossover design in patients undergoing bilateral mandibular third molar surgery. ⋯ Throughout the 12-h investigation period, patients reported significantly lower pain intensity scores in the ketorolac pretreated sides when compared with the post-treated sides (P = 0.003). Patients also reported a significantly longer time to rescue analgesic (8.9 h versus 6.9 h, P = 0.005), lesser postoperative analgesic consumption (P = 0.007) and better global assessment for the ketorolac pretreated sides (P = 0.01). Pretreatment with intravenous ketorolac has a preemptive effect for postoperative third molar surgery and extended the analgesia by approximately 2 h.