Inbarajan Athiban, Natarajan Shanmuganathan, Thirumalai Thangarajan Saravanan, Seenivasan Madhankumar, Banu Fathima, Anand Kumar V
Prosthodontics, Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai, IND.
Cureus. 2018 Oct 24;10(10):e3493. doi: 10.7759/cureus.3493.
Mucormycosis is a fulminant fungal infection that occurs most often in diabetic and immunocompromised patients, including those with hematologic malignancies. Patients with maxillary resections present a challenge situation for the maxillofacial prosthodontist. Prosthodontic rehabilitation of such patients presents a significant challenge in restoring speech, deglutition and mastication, and respiration. This report discusses the impact of post-surgical management of mucormycosis patient with prosthodontic treatment and evaluating the oral health-related quality of life using the Oral Health Impact Profile-14 (OHIP-14) questionnaire.
毛霉菌病是一种暴发性真菌感染,最常发生于糖尿病患者和免疫功能低下的患者,包括血液系统恶性肿瘤患者。上颌骨切除的患者给颌面修复医生带来了具有挑战性的情况。对此类患者进行修复治疗,在恢复言语、吞咽、咀嚼和呼吸功能方面面临重大挑战。本报告讨论了毛霉菌病患者术后管理结合修复治疗的影响,并使用口腔健康影响程度量表-14(OHIP-14)问卷评估与口腔健康相关的生活质量。