Results following surgical treatment of post-traumatic temporomandibular joint ankylosis

Vuillemin, T.; Raveh, J.

Schweizer Monatsschrift für Zahnmedizin 99(9): 998-1005

1989


ISSN/ISBN: 0256-2855
PMID: 2799357
Document Number: 333344
Trauma is the major cause for temporomandibular joint (TMJ) ankylosis. 20 patients with posttraumatic TMJ ankylosis were surgically treated with interposition of lyophilized homologous cartilage between the newly-formed condylar head and the articular fossa. The follow-up of all patients revealed a correct function of the TMJ. A meticulously performed surgical exposure is decisive for the prevention of facial nerve paresis.

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