Temporomandibular joint surgery: A review of fifty-one operations

Eminectomy and plication of the posterior disc attachment following arthrotomy for temporomandibular joint internal derangement

“…This can be confirmed by the fact that 93% of respondents in this study would be willing to undergo surgery again. This is in keeping with the other reports of between 80 and 94% (Marciani and Ziegler, 1983;Benson and Keith;Bronstein and Tomasetti, 1985), despite the fact that after initial surgery 25% had persistent symptoms and 9% had worsening of their symptoms. Sixty-five percent of patients responded to a postal questionnaire which can be regarded as a good response (especially without any reminder letters following the initial correspondence), and can probably be regarded as indicative that patients' acceptance of TMJ surgery is good.…”

“…Marciani and Ziegler (1983), reporting on 30 patients (51 joints) who had received various surgical procedures for treatment of internal derangement, discovered that 77% were satisfied with surgery. Bronstein and Tomasetti (1985) tried to follow-up on 107 patients (162 operations) with a response rate of 73%.…”

Tissue reactions associated with internal derangement of the temporomandibular joint: A radiographic, cryomorphologic, and histologic study

“…In such cases, pain is likely to be released from compressed nerve branches. Joint pain sometimes remains, however, after surgical disc repositioning or disc extirpation (7,8).…”

Disc-repositioning surgery of the temporomandibular joint using bioresorbable screws

“…Many different surgical open procedures have been proposed to eliminate pain and improve mandibular function in patients afflicted by internal derangement. The literature 5,6,8,12,14,15,17,28 supports disc-repositioning surgery as a successful procedure associated with fewer complications than discectomy 27 .…”

“…Disc repositioning has been performed alongside some other surgical procedures such as arthroplasty and eminectomy. Several authors 5,6,8,12,14,17,28 have reported therapeutic success rates in conjunction with arthroplasty that range from 77 to 100%.…”