A comparison of healing and pain following excision of inflammatory papillary hyperplasia with electrosurgery and blade-loop knives in human patients.
Twenty human patients participated in a study designed to compare electrosurgery with blade-loop knives for the excision of inflammatory papillary hyperplasia in a split-mouth study. Questionnaires were used to assess pain and patient preference during a 2-week postoperative period, and photographs were made to chronicle the healing process. Healing occurred at approximately the same rate following each procedure. The majority of subjects did not perceive a difference in discomfort with either technique on the day of surgery or at any time during follow-up. Of those who did have a preference, a significant majority favored electrosurgery on the day of treatment. This preference became statistically insignificant on the second postoperative day and beyond.
D000328:Adult; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D004598:Electrosurgery / Q000295:instrumentation; D006488:Hemostasis, Surgical; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010159:Palate / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013280:Stomatitis / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D013525:Surgical Instruments; D014945:Wound Healing