Follow-Up Note: ORIF Mandible

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Pt. presents to UMC OMFS clinic for follow up s/p ORIF mandibular fractures performed on   .  Pt. Reports he is feeling well. Denies pain, swelling, nausea and vomiting. Reports his pain has been well-controlled with the prescribed analgesics and he has been taking his other medications as prescribed. He states that he has been on a full-liquid diet since surgery. Reports that bite feels abnormal compared to pre-trauma. Denies trismus or difficulty closing mouth. Denies dyspnea, dysphagia, odynophagia, Denies numbness or paralysis. 

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Gen: AAOx3, well-nourished/well-developed, pleasant and conversational

H: Normocephalic, atraumatic, no deformity or depression. 

E: PERRL, EOMI, no periorbital edema, no proptosis, no periorbital ecchymosis, no crepitus, no palpable step deformities, no epiphora, intercanthal distance normal

E: No discharge or deformity, no soft tissue injury.

N: Nares patent, no septal hematoma, no discharge or deformity, no crepitus

T: Trachea midline, no JVD

CN: V hypoesthetic in R L IAN distribution and VII intact bilaterally

Extraoral exam: Swelling over L R lower facial 1/3 that is edematous and TTP. No overlying skin changes. 

Intraoral exam: MMO  . Maxillary and mandibular arch bars in place. Intermaxillary fixation with guiding elastics. Occlusion is stable and reproducible bilaterally. Intraoral incisions are well-healed with no evidence of intraoral dehiscence or infection. Oral hygiene poor with plaque deposits on hardware. FOM soft. Uvula midline. Facial vesibules patent. No active intraoral hemorrhage or hematoma.

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Pano: Fracture segments are well-approximated with hardware intact and no gross abnormality

Assessment:

 M presents 1 week s/p ORIF mandible performed 

Plan:
- Continue Full liquid diet 

-Continue Chlorhexidine mouth rinse TID

-Tramadol 50mg QID, Tylenol 325mg QID PRN Pain x10 days

-Pt. Encouraged to maintain oral hygiene 

- Follow up in 2 weeks for re-evaluation