Open AccessTreatment of traumatic infra orbital nerve paresthesia
Author(s) -
Parveen Akhter Lone,
RK Singh,
US Pal
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
national journal of maxillofacial surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-3418
pISSN - 0975-5950
DOI - 10.4103/0975-5950.111390
Subject(s) - medicine , topiramate , infraorbital nerve , surgery , reduction (mathematics) , fixation (population genetics) , zygomatic fractures , anesthesia , epilepsy , population , geometry , mathematics , environmental health , psychiatry
This study was done to find out the role of topiramate therapy in infraorbital nerve paresthesia after miniplate fixation in zygomatic complxex fractures. A total 2 cases of unilateral zygomatic complex fracture, 2-3 weeks old with infra orbital nerve paresthesia were slected. Open reduction and plating was done in frontozygomaticregion. Antiepileptic drug tab topiramate was given in therapeutic doses and dose was increased slowly until functional recovery was noticed.