Gap arthroplasty outcomes in temporomandibular joint ankylosis: a retrospective study

    Objectives: To evaluate postoperative maximal inter-incisal opening and facial nerve injury following gap arthroplasty, and to assess the influence of Sawhney classification on these outcomes. Methods: Data from 103 patients (Sawhney Class II, n=28; Class III, n=75) undergoing gap arthroplasty were reviewed. Posto...

  • Muhammad Owais Khan, Hadia Shehzad, Asra Hayat, Qazi Jawad Hayat
  • 1
  • Original research
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Condroblastoma do côndilo mandibular: Caso clínico

    O osteocondroma é um tumor benigno geralmente encontrado no esqueleto axial, porém raro no complexo craniomaxilofacial. Quando ocorre no esqueleto facial, tem predileção pelos processos coronoide e condilar. Este trabalho tem o objetivo de relatar um caso raro de osteocondroma unilateral envolv...

  • Vanessa Cador Batu, Rubens Martins Bastos, Vinicios Ferrari Fornari, Gabriela Caovilla Felin, Ferdinando De Conto
  • 229-236
  • Caso ClÍnico
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Interpositional arthroplasty with temporal muscle flap – a surgical alternative for condylar ankylosis of the temporomandibular joint

    Ankylosis of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) is characterized by a bony or fibrous fusion between the articular fossa and the condyle. It represents one of the greatest therapeutic challenges in oral and maxillofacial surgery. Several treatments have been used for its management, such as gap arthroplasty, interpos...

  • Carlos Eduardo de Jesus Bastos, Ana Viviam Souza Ferro Gomes, Julia Maria Benites de Jesus, Almira Oliveira Pereira, Caio Cezar Rebouças e Cerqueira, Thiago Freitas Leite
  • 154-158
  • Clinical case
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