# The Effect of Manual Lymphatic Drainage on Swelling After Orthognathic Surgery - a Qualitative and 3D Facial Analysis.

> **NCT03682159** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **University Hospital, Ghent** · enrollment: 26 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Postoperative Care/Methods
- Drainage/Methods
- Edema/Prevention & Control
- Orthognathic Surgical Procedures/Adverse Effects

## Interventions

- **OTHER:** manual lymphatic drainage

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03682159
- **Lead sponsor:** University Hospital, Ghent
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2016-09
- **Primary completion:** 2018-04
- **Final completion:** 2018-09
- **Target enrollment:** 26 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2019-02-04


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03682159

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03682159, "The Effect of Manual Lymphatic Drainage on Swelling After Orthognathic Surgery - a Qualitative and 3D Facial Analysis.". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-28 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03682159. Licensed CC0.

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