[Methodology for the use of kinesiological decongestant dressing in double-jaw orthognathic operations].

Objective: Development and implementation in practice of a technique for applying a postoperative decongestant kinesiological bandage.

Materials and methods: A comparative analysis of the effectiveness of the developed methodology was carried out. Three groups of patients were formed, consisting of 20 people. The first group of patients received a kinesiological bandage after surgery. The second group used a pressure bandage, while the third group used a chilotherapeutic cooling mask.

Results: The average value of the volume of postoperative edema (in cm) on the 5th day after surgery was 10.9 in the first group; 11.4 in the second group; 11.1 in the third group. On the 10th day the corresponding values were 10.7, 11.2 and 11 cm in the third group.

Conclusions: The revealed indicators of average values in the three studied groups proved that the proposed method of applying the decongestant kinesiology dressing has the most pronounced effectiveness in the postoperative period.