title: [Inferior hemiarthroplasty of the temporo-mandibular joint with articulated condylar prosthesis type Stryker].
abstract: The optimal reconstruction of the mandible and of the temporo-mandibular joint after mandibular hemi-resection with disarticulation is still controversial in literature. This paperwork presents our experience on four cases in the reconstruction of the mandible together with the inferior arthroplasty of the temporo-mandibular joint, after the resection of extended benign tumors of the mandible, based on fibular free vascularized grafts having attached a Stryker titanium condylar prosthesis reconstructing the inferior segment of the temporo-mandibular joint. Our results for the this technique were excellent, with a functional rehabilitation very close to normal. After reviewing the various techniques and their arguments in literature, with accent on the TMJ reconstruction, we consider this method to be optimal for the reconstruction of mandibular defects in patients with neoplastic conditions.
authors.affiliation: Clinica de Chirurgie Orală şi Maxilo-Facială, Spitalul Clinic de Chirurgie Oro-Maxilo-Facială Prof. Dr. Dan Theodorescu, Bucureşti. alex_bucur2002@yahoo.com
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bucur
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Dincă
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Totan
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ghită
mesh_terms: D000564:Ameloblastoma / Q000601:surgery; D001178:Arthroplasty / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008335:Mandibular Condyle / Q000601:surgery; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D008341:Mandibular Prosthesis; D019930:Mandibular Prosthesis Implantation; D008875:Middle Aged; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013704:Temporomandibular Joint / Q000601:surgery*; D014025:Titanium; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D014025:Titanium