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Silicon in Temporomandibular Joint Ankylosis Surgery by Turgut Ortak; M. Gürhan Ulusoy; Nezih Sungur; Ömer ensöz; Ragip Özdemir; Hidir Kilinç is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Silicon in Temporomandibular Joint Ankylosis Surgery about?
Temporomandibular joint ankylosis frequently occurs succeeding untreated or not adequately treated mandible fractures. Treatment of this condition with combined condylectomy and silicon sheet/block application was investigated in the literature. Thirty-eight patients with temporomandibular joint ankylosis were included in this study, and postoperative results were presented. Mean preoperative and postoperative sixth-month interincisor opening values were 5.8 and 28.8 mm, respectively. In two patients (5.2%), another operation to remove silicon material was needed because of infection and exposure of the silicon. One patient (2.6%) was operated on again for limited mouth opening. It was concluded that interpositional arthroplasty with silicon was proved to be a low-cost, easy approach with satisfactory long-term results.
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- Author
- Turgut Ortak; M. Gürhan Ulusoy; Nezih Sungur; Ömer ensöz; Ragip Özdemir; Hidir Kilinç
- Publisher
- Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
- Published
- 2001
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)