title: [Possible complications in arthroscopic lavage of the temporomandibular joint].
abstract: RESULTS
  Arthroscopy of the temporomandibular joint is an invasive procedure that can entail potential complications. Based on many years of personal experience and taking data from the literature into account, this article discusses functional, surgical, and anesthesiological complications of arthroscopy of the temporomandibular joint. The majority of these complications can be avoided by heeding specific knowledge of topography, careful manipulation, and corresponding surgical experience.
  The information given to the patient prior to the intervention should cover not only hemorrhaging, swelling, and wound infection, but also damage to (branches of) the facial nerve, the risk of perforation of the auditory canal as well as the possibility of temporary occlusal disturbances.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Mund-, Kiefer- und Gesichtschirurgie, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Welschnonnenstrasse 17, 53111 Bonn. s.berge@uni-bonn.de
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bergé
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: von Lindern
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Niederhagen
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Appel
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Reich
mesh_terms: D001182:Arthroscopy; D006801:Humans; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D013705:Temporomandibular Joint Disorders / Q000601:surgery*; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation