--- 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. ' altloc: - http://www.ojhas.org/issue46/2013-2-17.html chapter: ~ commentary: ~ commref: ~ confdates: ~ conference: ~ confloc: ~ contact_email: ~ creators_id: - binayak_binit@rediffmail.com - ~ - ~ - ~ creators_name: - family: Baruah given: B honourific: '' lineage: '' - family: Sengupta given: S honourific: '' lineage: '' - family: Ilapakurty given: B honourific: '' lineage: '' - family: Kesari given: SP honourific: '' lineage: '' date: 2013-08-25 date_type: published datestamp: 2014-02-25 12:42:24 department: ~ dir: disk0/00/00/91/65 edit_lock_since: ~ edit_lock_until: 0 edit_lock_user: ~ editors_id: - Kakkilaya BS editors_name: - family: Kakkilaya given: Srinivas honourific: Dr lineage: '' eprint_status: archive eprintid: 9165 fileinfo: /style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png;/9165/1/2013-2-17.pdf full_text_status: public importid: ~ institution: ~ isbn: ~ ispublished: pub issn: ~ item_issues_comment: [] item_issues_count: ~ item_issues_description: [] item_issues_id: [] item_issues_reported_by: [] item_issues_resolved_by: [] item_issues_status: [] item_issues_timestamp: [] item_issues_type: [] keywords: Temporomandibular joint disorders; Ankylosis; Gap arthroplasty lastmod: 2014-02-25 12:42:24 latitude: ~ longitude: ~ metadata_visibility: show note: ~ number: 2(17) pagerange: ~ pubdom: TRUE publication: Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences publisher: Kakkilaya BS refereed: TRUE referencetext: "1.\tGay-Escoda C, Arguero M. La corrección quirúrgica de la anquilosis de la articulación temporomandibular. Descripción de siete casos. Avances en Odontoestomatología1994;10:74.\r\n2.\tKaban L, Pogrel MA, Perrott DH. Complications in oral and maxillofacial surgery. 1st ed. Philadelphia: WB Saunders; 1997.\r\n3.\tRowe NL. Ankylosis of the temporomandibular joint. J R Coll Surg Edinb 1982;26:67-79.\r\n4.\tKazanjian VH. Temporomandibular joint ankylosis. Am J Surg 1955;90:905.\r\n5.\tRoychoudhury 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.\r\n6.\tMiyamoto 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.\r\n7.\tRaveh J, Vuillemin T, Lädrach K, Sutter F. Temporomandibular joint ankylosis: surgical treatment and long-term results. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 1989;47:900-906.\r\n8.\tEllis III E, Zide MF, eds. Surgical Approaches to the facial skeleton. Phila¬delphia: WB Saunders; 1995.\r\n9.\tKaban LB, Perrott DH, Fisher K. A protocol for management of temporo¬mandibular joint ankylosis. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 1990;48:1145-1151.\r\n10.\tManganello-Souza LC, Mariani PB. Temporomandibular joint ankylosis: Report of 14 cases. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2003;32:24-29." relation_type: [] relation_uri: [] reportno: ~ rev_number: 10 series: ~ source: ~ status_changed: 2014-02-25 12:42:24 subjects: - OJHAS succeeds: ~ suggestions: ~ sword_depositor: ~ sword_slug: ~ thesistype: ~ title: A Rare Case of Post Septic Temporomandibular Joint Ankylosis type: journale userid: 4338 volume: 12