Revisiting the Use of GORE-TEX as an Interpositional Material in Surgical Management of Severe Temporomandibular Joint Ankylosis
Autor: | Girish Mishra, Jaykumar V. Patel |
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Rok vydání: | 2019 |
Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry Last follow up Gap arthroplasty medicine.disease Surgery 03 medical and health sciences Mouth opening 0302 clinical medicine Otorhinolaryngology 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Temporomandibular joint ankylosis Occlusion medicine Ankylosis Original Article Implant 030223 otorhinolaryngology business |
Zdroj: | Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg |
ISSN: | 2231-3796 |
Popis: | (1) Defining a protocol for management of patients with severe temporomandibular joint ankylosis. (2) Review the results of use of GORE-TEX as an interpositional material in gap arthroplasty. All cases which were treated with surgical intervention for severe TMJ Ankylosis with use of GORE-TEX as an interpositional material have been included. Amongst 40 patients, 11 were male and 29 were female with age group ranging from 4 to 36 years. 22 patients had bilateral ankylosis and 18 patients had unilateral ankylosis needing unilateral condylectomy. In all the patients GORE-TEX was used as an inter-positional material to form a pseudo joint. Postoperative mouth opening was around 3 fingers (3–3.5 cm) for period of 2 years i.e. last follow up. Migration or extrusion of implant was not seen in any of our cases. Use of GORE-TEX as an inter-positional material can prevent recurrences with good restoration of the physiological joint and occlusion. |
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