Nalbuphine for Analgesia After Orthognathic Surgery and Its Effect on Postoperative Inflammatory and Oxidative Stress: A Randomized Double-Blind Controlled Trial.

Purpose: Postoperative pain is a negative factor that seriously affects a surgical patient's rehabilitation. We investigated whether nalbuphine provides superior postoperative analgesia in orthognathic surgery compared with sufentanil and whether the superior analgesia is achieved by the regulation of inflammatory and oxidative stress.

Patients And Methods: In the present randomized, double-blind, controlled clinical trial, 60 patients scheduled to undergo orthognathic surgery were randomized to receive 2.

Prognostic Impact of Postoperative Complications on Overall Survival in 287 Patients With Oral Cancer: A Retrospective Single-Institution Study.

Purpose: To investigate the relation between postoperative complications and long-term survival in patients with oral cancer after surgery and to explore the methods that improve survival rate through analyzing risk factors for postoperative complications.

Materials And Methods: This is a retrospective single-institution study of a cohort of 287 patients with oral cancer who underwent surgery at the Stomatological Hospital of the Chongqing Medical University (Chongqing, China) from January 1, 2007 through December 31, 2012.

Results: Postoperative complications occurred in 80 patients (27.