Supported by Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province,China,No.LQ19H160019;Zhejiang Provincial Basic Public Welfare Research Project,China,No.LGF19H140006;Zhejiang TCM Science and Technology Plan,China,No.2018ZA071,and No.2019ZA069;Medical Scientific Research Foundation of Zhejiang Province,China,No.2019KY379.
BACKGROUND Trismus is a common problem with various causes.Any abnormal conditions of relevant anatomic structures that disturb the free movement of the jaw might provoke trismus.Trismus has a detrimental effect on th...
Objective:Oral squamous-cell carcinoma(OSCC)accounts for >90% of oral cancers affecting adults mostly between the fourth to seventh decades of life.The most common OSCC treatment is concomitant chemoradiotherapy(CCRT)...
Temporomandibularmandibular ankylosis also known as the craniomandibular joint (CMJ) ankylosis is a Greek terminology that means “stiff joint”. It is most commonly associated with trauma and to a lesser extent middl...
A 59-year-old male presented with complaints of trismus and discharge of altered blood from nose for 1 year. Patient had a history of facial trauma one year back. Nasal endoscopy and CT scan revealed a foreign body lo...
Background Patients with maxillary tumor often suffer from trismus after maxillectomy, which could turn out to be a permanent sequela without proper intervention. In this study, the efficacy of mouth opening exercises...
We present the case of a 4 year old girl whose adenoidectomy had to be performed via an endoscopictrans oral approach due to the unexpected inability to fully open the mouth during the procedure. The patient had previ...