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J Clin Exp Dent. 2017 Aug 01;9(8):e962-e969. doi: 10.4317/jced.53812. eCollection 2017 Aug.

Clinical and radiological outcome of arthrocentesis followed by autologous blood injection for treatment of chronic recurrent temporomandibular joint dislocation.

Journal of clinical and experimental dentistry

Jinesh Patel, Kumar Nilesh, M I Parkar, Alpesh Vaghasiya

Affiliations

  1. MDS (OMFS), Post graduate student, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of dental scienes,KIMSDU, Karad.
  2. MDS (OMFS), Reader, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of dental scienes,KIMSDU, Karad.
  3. MDS (OMFS), Professor & HOD, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of dental scienes,KIMSDU, Karad.

PMID: 28936285 PMCID: PMC5601112 DOI: 10.4317/jced.53812

Abstract

BACKGROUND: This study was conducted to evaluate the functional outcome and MRI findings of arthrocentsis followed by autologous blood injection (ABI) into the joint space for management of chronic recurrent TMJ dislocation.

MATERIAL AND METHODS: Total ten patients with bilateral chronic recurrent condylar dislocation were included in the study. Arthrocentesis of both TMJ was performed on each patient, followed by the injection of 2 ml of autologous blood into the superior joint compartment and 1 ml onto the outer surface of the joint capsule. Preoperative and postoperative assessment included; thorough history, clinical examination of TMJ, maximal mouth opening, frequency of dislocation, TMJ radiographs (open and closed mouth position), MRI, recurrence and presence of facial nerve paralysis.

RESULTS: At the end of 3 months follow-up 8 patients (80%) had successful outcome with no further episodes of dislocation, whereas two patients reported with recurrence. Post-operative MRI showed significant improvement after ABI, compared to pre-operative MRI. There were no degenerative changes to the bony and soft tissue components of TMJ.

CONCLUSIONS: ABI is a simple, safe, minimally invasive and cost-effective technique for treatment of chronic recurrent TMJ dislocation. MRI evaluation showed an improvement in the anatomical and spatial relationship of the osseous and soft tissue components of the TMJ.

Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest statement:The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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