[Arthroscopic investigation of the status of temporomandibular joint in patients with temporomandibular joint pain].
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the status of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) in patients with complaints of joint pain for improving clinical therapy.


METHODS
Twenty three joints in twenty patients who complained of TMJ pain were examined radiographically and arthroscopically.


RESULTS
There were at least one and more to six pathological changes could be found arthroscopically in the 23 temporomandibular joints, which were different in some respects with radiographic findings.


CONCLUSIONS
TMJ related pain may be associated with pathological alterations in the TMJ, and synovitis may be one of the causes of TMJ pain.
Ma
Dong
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Dept. of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery, Oral Hospital of Xi'an Jiao Tong University, Xi'an 710004, China.
Ma
Wen-Ling
WL
Zhang
Yin-Cheng
YC
Zhao
Wen-Qing
WQ
D000328:Adult; D001182:Arthroscopy; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain; D013585:Synovitis; D013704:Temporomandibular Joint; D013705:Temporomandibular Joint Disorders