The influence of postoperative treatment on the results of temporomandibular joint menisectomy. Part I: Comparison of mandibular opening and closing movements.
In order to evaluate the influence of postoperative treatment on the results of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) menisectomy, the maximum voluntary opening and closing movements of 67 patients who underwent either total menisectomy or partial menisectomy with disk repair were analyzed and compared to those of 10 normal subjects. The postoperative treatment was classified into three different types depending on its strategy. It was observed that postoperative treatment which emphasized physical medicine modalities could produce opening and closing movements of the mandible closer to the normal range. The effect of the postoperative treatment on the results of total menisectomy was more significant than that on the results of partial menisectomy with disk repair. Partial menisectomy with disk repair resulted in better opening and closing movement than total menisectomy.
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Department of Fixed Prosthodontics and Occlusion, Osaka University, Japan.
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Maruyama
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007574:Jaw Relation Record; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000503:physiopathology*; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D011182:Postoperative Care; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular; D013705:Temporomandibular Joint Disorders / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome