title: [Preliminary study of condylectomy via intraoral approach].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Condylectomy was performed to treat condylar osteoma or hyperplasia. Introduced two methods of condylectomy via intraoral approach and evaluated their clinical results.
  
  
  METHODS
  Thirty-five patients, aging from 22 to 57.21 years, were treated by condylectomy via intraoral approach, of which 21 were condyle osteoma, 14 hemimandibular hyperplasia and condylar hyperplasia. Intraoral vertical ramus osteotomy (IVRO) were used in 32 patients and intraoral condylectomy via coronoid process resection was used in 3 patients.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The treatment results including oral function and facial symmetry after the operation were good in all patients. The temporomandibular joint (TMJ) dysfunction syndrome alleviated or disappeared. The follow-up period was 6 months to 3 years, and no relapse of condylar osteoma or hyperplasia was found. The patients who had IVRO and TMJ reconstruction had some degree of transplanted bone resorption, and one patients had relapse of facial deformity. But the patients who had intraoral condylectomy via coronoid process resection only had mild condyle remodeling and no obvious bone resorption was noted.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The two methods of intraoral condylectomy introduced in this stugy can successfully correct the facial deformity and TMJ dysfunction caused by condylar osteoma or hyperplasia. But the surgeons need to have excellent surgical skills and careful selection of the indications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing 100081, China.
authors.forename: Xiao-xia
authors.initials: XX
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Zi-li
authors.initials: ZL
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Biao
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Yi
authors.forename: Cheng
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xing
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005146:Facial Asymmetry / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008335:Mandibular Condyle / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D019647:Oral Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D010016:Osteoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013704:Temporomandibular Joint / Q000502:physiology / Q000601:surgery; D013705:Temporomandibular Joint Disorders / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D055815:Young Adult