PubMed · 5619663
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L J Papineau. 1967. [Quadriceplasty using the Judet method].. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/5619663/
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The aim of the study was to evaluate the treatment outcome after temporomandibular joint (TMJ) surgery, which was performed in 33 patients (27 women and six men) between 1970 and 1986. Before surgery, the patients received different types of conservative treatment for an average time of 29 months. The most common diagnosis was anterior disk displacement (ADD) with or without reduction (n = 10), followed by unspecified arthralgia (n = 8), osteoarthrosis (n = 7) and ankylosis (n = 4). Standardized clinical records served as the basis for comparison of symptomatology at comparable time points. Furthermore, 31 of the 33 patients were subjected to a clinical follow-up, including anamnestic, clinical, radiological and cast analysis, 2-17 years after operation. Pain, sleeping problems and consumption of analgesics were significantly reduced after surgery. The anamnestic, as well as the clinical dysfunction indices, according to Helkimo, were also significantly reduced. TMJ clicking was reduced, but crepitations increased in number. The best improvements were seen in patients with ADD without reduction and in patients with ankylosis.
We describe a case of retrograde nailing of a comminuted infraisthmal femur fracture between an ankylosed hip and a stiff knee stemming from heterotopic bone and soft-tissue contracture. A tibial nail directed through the medial femoral condyle was used. At 1 year follow-up the fracture has united anatomically, and the patient has been rehabilitated to his preinjury functional status.
Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) ankylosis is a distressing affliction that denies the victim the benefit of normal diet, careers that require normal speech and causes severe facial disfigurement that aggravates psychological stress. Opinions in current literature portray controversy in its management. Hurried clinicians take shortcuts and partially treat symptoms and often make the condition worse. Others ignore shortcomings and erroneously prescribe their preferred techniques as absolute indication to the peril of the affected children. Gap arthroplasty if applied in a growing maxillofacial skeleton as in children, causes iatrogenic arrest of facial growth. The intended correction of facial disfigurement is therefore not achieved. Early detection and immediate psychological support by excision and reconstruction of ankylosed TMJ with a costochondral graft, improves patient comfort and rehabilitation when used as a planned part of a comprehensive therapy. This paper questions prior varied opinions and discusses scientific baseline considerations in management of long standing TMJ ankylosis in children in relatively affordable circumstances.