Evaluation the Efficacy of Hilotherm Cooling System in Reducing Postoperative Pain and Edema in Maxillofacial Traumatized Patients and Orthognathic Surgeries

Surgical treatment in patients with facial bone surgeries governs a meaningful extent of tissue trauma prompting prevalent postoperative portents of pain, facial swelling, and inconvenience. Beneficial effects of local cold therapy following surgery, facial swelling, pain, and inflammation have been discussed. The aim of study is to evaluate the efficacy of hilotherm cooling system in reducing postoperative pain and edema in patients following maxillofacial trauma and orthognathic surgeries. A clinical prospective study was done in the postoperative period for patients with facial trauma or those subjected to orthognathic surgery, 34 patients divided randomly into 2 groups; study group treated with the hilotherm cooling system and control group without. Facial swelling was quantified by 5 linear distances (A, B, C, D, and E). Pain was reported on day 1, 2, and 7 postoperatively. Satisfaction with cooling therapy at day 7 following surgery was recorded. The means of swelling variation in study group were less than in control group with highly significant difference (P  0.05). All patients in the study group were very satisfied. Address correspondence and reprint requests to Auday M. AL-Anee, BDS, FIBMS, Lecturer at Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Dentistry, University of Baghdad, and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon at Maxillofacial Surgery Department, Al-Shaheed Ghazi Al Hariri Teaching Hospital, Medical City, Bab-Almoadham, PO Box 1417, Baghdad, Iraq; E-mail: audayalanee@gmail.com Received 12 November, 2017 Accepted 17 July, 2018 The authors report no conflicts of interest. © 2018 by Mutaz B. Habal, MD.

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