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Surgery of the Temporomandibular Joint: Discectomy and Arthroplasty

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Surgery of the temporomandibular joint apparatus is rarely the first line of treatment for articular disc disorders or internal derangements. However, persistent symptoms following nonsurgical treatment modalities, as well as failed prior less invasive joint procedures (e.g., arthrocentesis, arthroscopy), may warrant open-joint surgery.

This chapter will focus on open surgical management of internal derangement of the temporomandibular joint, including disc repositioning, discectomy with replacement, discectomy without replacement, and arthroplasty procedures.

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  1. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Dentistry, Chicago, IL, USA

    Michael Han, Michael Markiewicz & Michael Miloro

  2. Departments of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Orthodontics, Texas A&M University College of Dentistry, Dallas, TX, USA

    Larry Wolford

  3. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Orthodontics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

    M. Anthony Pogrel

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Han, M., Markiewicz, M., Miloro, M., Wolford, L., Pogrel, M.A. (2019). Surgery of the Temporomandibular Joint: Discectomy and Arthroplasty. In: Connelly, S.T., Tartaglia, G.M., Silva, R.G. (eds) Contemporary Management of Temporomandibular Disorders. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99909-8_6

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