title: OK-432 (Picibanil) sclerotherapy for recurrent dislocation of the temporomandibular joint in elderly edentulous patients: Case reports.
abstract: Dislocation of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) is a thorny problem not only for a patient but also a doctor. Especially for the elderly edentulous patients, it is very hard to treat the condition although there are many surgical and non-surgical procedures. We successfully treated it in two elderly edentulous patients by injection of OK-432 as a sclerosing agent.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dentistry and Oral Surgery, Sapporo City General Hospital, N11, W13 chuo-ku, Sapporo City, Hokkaido 060-8604, Japan. matsushi@den.hokudai.ac.jp
authors.forename: Kazuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsushita
authors.forename: Takae
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: Toshikatsu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fujiwara
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000517:prevention & control; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D009066:Mouth, Edentulous / Q000150:complications; D010844:Picibanil / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012597:Sclerosing Solutions / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D055502:Secondary Prevention; D013705:Temporomandibular Joint Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D012597:Sclerosing Solutions; D010844:Picibanil