title: [Management of disk displacement with condylar fracture].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate clinical features of disk displacement during the course of condylar fracture and to explore the techniques of disk reposition and suturation.
  
  
  METHODS
  32 patients (10 females and 22 males) who had disk displacements with condylar fractures were followed up. Reduction and reposition of the dislocated disks simultaneously with fixation of fractures were performed. 7 patients underwent intermaxillary fixation with elastic bands for 1 to 2 weeks.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The occlusions were satisfactory in all cases but one for the reason of ramus height loss. No TMJ symptom was found when examined 3 months post operation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Anterior disk displacements were most occurred with high condylar process fractures. Surgical reposition and suturation of disk play an important role for the later TMJ-function.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China.
authors.forename: Shi-bin
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Zu-bing
authors.initials: ZB
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xue-wen
authors.initials: XW
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Ji-hong
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Yao-jun
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Dong
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal; D006801:Humans; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008335:Mandibular Condyle / Q000293:injuries*; D008337:Mandibular Fractures / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D019224:Temporomandibular Joint Disc / Q000473:pathology*