Clinical evaluation of pumping technique, arthrocentesis, and arthroscopic lysis and lavage operations for internal derangement with closed lock of the temporomandibular joint

Autor: Tetsuji Kawakami, Katsuhiro Horiuchi, Masato Baba, Masahito Sugimura, Ken-ichi Takayama, Masashi Tsuzuki, Norimasa Ohkochi, Hirohito Fujita
Rok vydání: 1998
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Zdroj: Japanese Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery. 44:153-158
ISSN: 2186-1579
0021-5163
Popis: We clinically studied 30 patients (34 joints) with closed lock who underwent arthroscopic surgery (lysis and lavage operations) of the superior joint compartment of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ). Arthroscopic surgery was studied as compared with arthrocenthesis and pumping manipulation by double-contrast arthrotomography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).The results were as follows:1. There was arthrographic evidence of marked narrowing of the anterior recess and lateral portion, of the upper joint compartment in patients who underwent arthrocenthesis and pumping, whereas narrowing of the posterior compartment and medial portion was found in patients who underwent arthroscopic surgery.2. In patients who underwent arthrocenthesis, MRI showed that anterior disk displacement and disk deformity were severer than after arthroscopic surgery.3. There was arthroscopic evidence of extensive synovitis, and osteoarthrosis and adhesionwere severe in the anterior recess.We found that upper joint arthroscopy of the TMJ was an important additional diagnostic method and that arthroscopy was effective in the diagnosis of synovitis and osteoarthrosis within the superior cavity and permitted the observation of adhesion.
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