Volume 14, Number 4, December 2002
| | Traumatic Dislocation of the Mandibular Condyle into the Temporal Fossa |
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Kazuhiro Matsushita,1 Eiji Nakamura,1 Ichizo Kobayashi,2 Yoshinori Kobori,1 Toyonori Suzuki,1 Tomojyu Uchida,1 Hiromasa Horimukai,1 Ryuichiro Kumazawa,1 Kaori Kurihashi,1 Toshikatsu Fujiwara1
1Department of Dentistry and Oral Surgery, Sapporo City General Hospital, Sapporo City, Hokkaido, Japan
2Oral and Maxillofacial surgery, Departmen of Oral Pathobiological Science, Graduated School of Dental Medicine, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan
Abstract
A patient with traumatic anterosuperior dislocation of the mandibular condyle into the temporal fossa without condylar fracture is reported. This form of dislocation is rare - only 2 reports have been published. For this patient, unlike previously reported patients, the intraoral approach was used to perform coronoidotomy and condylotomy, and a favourable result was obtained with the subsequent use of elastic traction.
Key words: Dislocations, Fractures, Mandibular condyle
Asian J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2002;14:250-254.
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