[External temporomandibular ankylosis].

Abstract

The predominant aetiology in 24 cases of temporomandibular ankylosis treated surgically since 1976 was trauma. Among the patients operated upon for post-traumatic ankylosis one anatomoclinical form could be identified characterized by an external block attaching the condylar neck to the zygomatic bone, and an internal joint by movement of the head or part of the condylar head. A favorable prognosis can be given in this type of lesion as resection of the block does not modify the height of the ascending ramus.

• Authors: J Lachard, J L Blanc, J P Lagier, M Carpentier
• Journal: Revue de stomatologie et de chirurgie maxillo-faciale (Rev Stomatol Chir Maxillofac) Vol. 85 Issue 1 Pg. 59-62 ( 1984) ISSN: 0035-1768 [Print] France
• Vernacular Title: L'ankylose temporo-mandibulaire externe.
• PMID: 6584961 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Topics

• Adult
• Ankylosis (diagnostic imaging, etiology, surgery)
• Child
• Female
• Humans
• Male
• Temporomandibular Joint (diagnostic imaging)
• Temporomandibular Joint Disorders (diagnostic imaging, etiology, surgery)
• Tomography, X-Ray