title: [Arthroscopic investigation of the status of temporomandibular joint in patients with temporomandibular joint pain].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery, Oral Hospital of Xi'an Jiao Tong University, Xi'an 710004, China.
authors.forename: Dong
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Wen-Ling
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Yin-Cheng
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Wen-Qing
authors.initials: WQ
authors.lastname: Zhao
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001182:Arthroscopy; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain; D013585:Synovitis; D013704:Temporomandibular Joint; D013705:Temporomandibular Joint Disorders