title: [Clinical study of surgical treatment of ankylosis of temporomandibular joint].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze the clinical feature of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) ankylosis and to investigate the advantage and disadvantage of all kind of surgery methods of TMJ ankylosis for supplying references to the treatment of TMJ ankylosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Aetiology, sex, age at time of treatment, clinical features, radiographic findings, surgical treatment was reviewed and analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Trauma (66.86%, n = 117) and infection (24.57%, n = 43) were the primary causes of TMJ ankylosis. The 10 approximately 19 years age group (44.57%, n =78) occupied the highest frequency in five age groups, one hundred and fourteen (65.14%, n = 114) of the patients presented with lateral ankylosis. They were carried out different surgery method according to their difference of age, aetiology, and so on.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The person at 10 approximately 19 years old had the more feasibility of TMJ ankylosis than others. Trauma was the commonest cause of ankylosis. Different surgical method should be choose according to the different patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Stomatology, Wuhan University, China.
authors.forename: Tie-xia
authors.initials: TX
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Zu-bing
authors.initials: ZB
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yong-hong
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Zhi
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Li
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; D000844:Ankylosis / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010027:Osteotomy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013705:Temporomandibular Joint Disorders / Q000601:surgery*; D055815:Young Adult