title: Trismus: an unconventional approach to treatment.
abstract: A 63 year-old man who had had an operation for adenocarcinoma of the left parotid gland presented with worsening trismus after the completion of radiotherapy. None of the treatments given were successful so he resorted to a "home-made" approach, and succeeded in improving his mouth-opening by 18 mm.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Poole Hospital NHS Trust, Longfleet Road, Poole, Dorset, UK. khalidabdelgalil@doctors.org.uk
authors.forename: Khalid
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Abdel-Galil
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Anand
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pratt
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Oeppen
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brennan
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000601:surgery; D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010307:Parotid Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular / Q000502:physiology; D012648:Self Care; D013704:Temporomandibular Joint / Q000503:physiopathology; D014313:Trismus / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*