Technique of surgery of the mandibular joint.
A method of surgical access to the temporomandibular joint is described. An operative technique which widely exposes the temporomandibular joint, safeguards the facial nerve, and is capable of extension is described. Sixty operations have been carried out without permanent facial nerve injury.
D000844:Ankylosis / Q000601:surgery; D001178:Arthroplasty; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D008335:Mandibular Condyle / Q000601:surgery; D008336:Mandibular Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control; D013515:Surgery, Oral / Q000379:methods*; D013704:Temporomandibular Joint / Q000601:surgery*