creators_name: Baruah, B creators_name: Sengupta, S creators_name: Ilapakurty, B creators_name: Kesari, SP creators_id: binayak_binit@rediffmail.com editors_name: Kakkilaya, Srinivas editors_id: Kakkilaya BS type: journale datestamp: 2014-02-25 12:42:24 lastmod: 2014-02-25 12:42:24 metadata_visibility: show title: A Rare Case of Post Septic Temporomandibular Joint Ankylosis ispublished: pub subjects: OJHAS full_text_status: public keywords: Temporomandibular joint disorders; Ankylosis; Gap arthroplasty abstract: Temporomandibular joint ankylosis involves fusion of the mandibular condyle to the base of the skull. It is a major clinical problem that affects many patients suffering from facial trauma, infection or systemic disease. The treatment of Temporomandibular joint ankylosis poses a significant challenge because of technical difficulties and a high incidence of recurrence. This report describe a rare case of a 16 year-man with complete inability to open his mouth, diagnosed with unilateral post septic left bony Temporomandibular joint ankylosis. The surgical approach consisted of gap arthroplasty followed by vigorous physiotherapy. date: 2013-08-25 date_type: published publication: Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences volume: 12 number: 2(17) publisher: Kakkilaya BS refereed: TRUE referencetext: 1. Gay-Escoda C, Arguero M. La corrección quirúrgica de la anquilosis de la articulación temporomandibular. Descripción de siete casos. Avances en Odontoestomatología1994;10:74. 2. Kaban L, Pogrel MA, Perrott DH. Complications in oral and maxillofacial surgery. 1st ed. Philadelphia: WB Saunders; 1997. 3. Rowe NL. Ankylosis of the temporomandibular joint. J R Coll Surg Edinb 1982;26:67-79. 4. Kazanjian VH. Temporomandibular joint ankylosis. Am J Surg 1955;90:905. 5. Roychoudhury A, Prakash H, Trikha A. Functional restoration by gap arthroplasty in temporomandibular joint ankylosis: A report of 50 cases. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol 1999;87:166-169. 6. Miyamoto H, Kurita K, Ogi N, Ishimaru JI, Goss A. The role of the disk in sheep temporomandibular joint ankylosis. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol 1999;88:151-158. 7. Raveh J, Vuillemin T, Lädrach K, Sutter F. Temporomandibular joint ankylosis: surgical treatment and long-term results. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 1989;47:900-906. 8. Ellis III E, Zide MF, eds. Surgical Approaches to the facial skeleton. Phila¬delphia: WB Saunders; 1995. 9. Kaban LB, Perrott DH, Fisher K. A protocol for management of temporo¬mandibular joint ankylosis. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 1990;48:1145-1151. 10. Manganello-Souza LC, Mariani PB. Temporomandibular joint ankylosis: Report of 14 cases. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2003;32:24-29. citation: Baruah, B and Sengupta, S and Ilapakurty, B and Kesari, SP (2013) A Rare Case of Post Septic Temporomandibular Joint Ankylosis. [Journal (On-line/Unpaginated)] document_url: http://cogprints.org/9165/1/2013-2-17.pdf