title: Autologous Blood Injection for the Treatment of Recurrent Temporomandibular Joint Dislocation.
abstract: Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) dislocation can occur during daily activities and negatively affect a patient's quality of life. Although both nonsurgical and surgical techniques have been used to treat recurrent TMJ dislocation, the former is not always successful and the latter, although having a high success rate, is invasive and requires hospitalization. Recently, autologous blood injection has been used to treat recurrent TMJ dislocation. However, this technique is not yet widely used in clinical practice. We designed this study to obtain further information as to efficacy, safety and stability of autologous blood injection for recurrent TMJ dislocation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama 700-8558, Japan.
authors.forename: Norie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yoshioka
authors.forename: Tsuyoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimo
authors.forename: Soichiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ibaragi
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sasaki
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001804:Blood Transfusion, Autologous / Q000379:methods*; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D006801:Humans; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000628:therapy; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000628:therapy; D012107:Research Design; D013705:Temporomandibular Joint Disorders / Q000628:therapy*