title: The Use of Piezosurgery in Genioplasty.
abstract: The aim of this study was to compare the postoperative complications during genioplasty using piezosurgery devices or traditional rotating drills. Forty patients underwent genioplasty to solve their chin anomalies. This study showed that, using piezosurgery, pain and swelling were reduced compared to the traditional technique in the immediate postoperative period of healing (within 15 days). Paresthesia was observed in all patients up to 15th postoperative day, independently of the used surgical technique, but at the sixth postoperative month it was completely absent.
authors.affiliation: *Second University of Naples †Department of Oral Surgery and Implantology, University of Naples Federico II, Naples ‡Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Foggia, Foggia Italy.
authors.forename: Rosario
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rullo
authors.forename: Vincenzo Maria
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Festa
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rullo
authors.forename: Oreste
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Trosino
authors.forename: Vincenzo
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Cerone
authors.forename: Roberta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gasparro
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Laino
authors.forename: Gilberto
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sammartino
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002680:Chin / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D063172:Genioplasty / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D059745:Piezosurgery / Q000379:methods*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D055815:Young Adult