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FIGUEIREDO, Leonardo Morais Godoy et al. Evaluation the nutritional status of subjects before and after orthognathic surgery: pilot study. Rev. cir. traumatol. buco-maxilo-fac. [online]. 2013, vol.13, n.4, pp. 89-93. ISSN 1808-5210.

Objective: evaluate the importance of nutritional monitoring in patients submitted to orthognathic surgery through anthropometrics and laboratory analysis in the pre and post-operative period. Methods: 10 patients were studied with the average age 26.5 years, 06 female sex (60%) and 04 male sex (40%) of the different races (02 white, 05 black, and 03 mixed races). In the post-operative period all the patients were submitted to the oral liquid diet with hypercaloric nutritional supplementation for 45 days. The evaluations of the nutritional status, anthropometrics measurements (indices of body mass) and laboratory studies (total proteins, albumin and globulin) were carried out in three distinct periods; preoperative, 15th postoperative day, 45th postoperative day. Results: to compare anthropometrics measurements and laboratory studies between the period pre and post-operative, it was observed that there was little loss of body mass and stabilization of the laboratory indicators. Conclusion: the nutritional therapy and hypercaloric supplementation keep the good nutritional status during the post-operative period of patients submitted the orthognathic surgery.

Palavras-chave : Orthognathic Surgery; Nutritional Status; Orthognathic Surgical Procedures..