Table 7.
Authors |
Number of patients (n = 157) |
Time of treatment | Type of treatment | Outcome |
---|---|---|---|---|
Khawaja et al. [5] | Case 1 | 17.5 h postsurgery |
Medicamental + implant removal |
Markedly improved sensation (6 weeks post treatment) |
Case 2 | 24 h postsurgery | Implant removal |
Markedly improved sensation (2 month post treatment) |
|
Case 3 | 48 h postsurgery | Implant removal |
No improvements in sensation (significant altered sensation) |
|
Case 4 | 96 h postsurgery | Implant removal |
No improvements in sensation (significant altered sensation) |
|
Renton et al. [12] | 3 patients | < 30 h | Implant removal | Full recovery |
10 patient | 3 days - 6 months | Implant removal | No recovery | |
17 patients | Not mentioned | Medicamental treamtent | No recovery | |
Biasiotta et al. [19] | 37 patients | - | - | - |
Deppe et al. [31] | 2 patients |
Immediately following operation |
Medicamental | Full recovery |
Kubilius et al. [32] |
Mild injury: 38 patients |
48 h postsurgery |
14 patients: no treatment |
Full recovery of function within 1 - 4 weeks |
24 patients: medicamental treatment | ||||
Moderate injury: 20 patients |
48 h postsurgery | Medicamental treatment |
Full recovery of function within 1 - 1.5 month |
|
7 patients | 48 - 72 h postsurgery |
Medicamental treatment + mandible canal decompression |
Full recovery of function within 2 - 3 days |
|
Severe injury: 3 patients |
More than one week after surgery |
Medicamental treatment + removal of implant |
No recovery at all | |
Juodzbalys et al. [33] |
Mild injury: 5 patients |
36 h post operation |
Medicamental treatment + removal of implant (only for 3 of them) |
Full recovery of function after 1 month |
Moderate injury: 5 patients |
36 h post operation |
Medicamental treatment + removal of implant |
Almost full recovery of function after 3 month |
|
Severe injury: 6 patients |
36 h post operation |
Medicamental treatment + removal of implant |
Not full recovery of function |