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Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 87 | My PT told me you can develop trismus if you bleed into any of the muscles involved in opening the jaw during surgery. They are apparently super sensitive to having any bleeding into them and will spasm as a result. Also, if your mouth is out of alignment at all during the surgery, that can cause trismus. He said some people develop trismus just from having their wisdom teeth out!
Susan
Age 51, married with four kids age 11-18, 9/1/2010, Bx: high grade mucoepidermoid CA left sublingual gland.
10/8/2010, wide excision left floor of mouth, modified radical node dissection left neck.
T1N0M0. IMRT started 11/22.
Never smoked, light social drinker
Also happen to be ICU RN
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