title: Outcome of arthroscopic surgery to the temporomandibular joint correlates with stage of internal derangement: five-year follow-up study.
abstract: We studied the 5-year long-term outcome of arthroscopic surgery, and also investigated whether outcome correlates with stage of internal derangement of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ). A consecutive group of 41 patients (56 joints) who had been followed up for between 3 and 5 years were involved in this study. The result was excellent in 22 patients (54%) and fair in 15 (37%). 7/14 were excellent and 5/14 were fair in stage III, 7/12 were excellent and 4/12 were fair in stage IV, and 8/15 were excellent and 6/15 were fair in stage V. Arthroscopic surgery of the TMJ is an effective and minimally invasive technique for various stages of internal derangement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Postgraduate School and Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Sakyoku, Japan.
authors.forename: K I
authors.initials: KI
authors.lastname: Murakami
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tsuboi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bessho
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yokoe
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nishida
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iizuka
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D018771:Arthralgia / Q000145:classification / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D001182:Arthroscopy; D004032:Diet; D004724:Endoscopy; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D010147:Pain Measurement; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular / Q000502:physiology; D000074402:Synovectomy; D019224:Temporomandibular Joint Disc / Q000601:surgery; D013705:Temporomandibular Joint Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D000267:Tissue Adhesions / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome