%0 Journal Article
%T Conventional versus Modified Preauricular Incision Approaches to the Management of Temporomandibular Joint Ankylosis in SanaˇŻa City, Yemen: A Comparative Clinical Study
%A Abdullwahab Aldialami
%A Ali Al-Hudaid
%A Jameel Helmi
%A Mohammed Al-Wesabi
%A Mohammed Hussien
%J -
%D 2017
%X Objective: To compare between the conventional and modified preauricular incision approaches to the management of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) ankylosis among Yemeni patients in SanaˇŻa city, Yemen.
%K This comparative clinical study recruited ten patients (7 males and 3 females
%K age range: 6¨C35 years) with true fully or partially bony or fibrous TMJ ankylosis. These patients were admitted to and followed up in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
%K College of Dentistry
%K University of Science and Technology Hospital in SanaˇŻa in the period from May 2013 to February 2016. Five patients with condylar capsule ankylosis were subjected to the conventional preauricular approach
%K while the other five cases with ankylosis that extends beyond the condylar capsule and reaches the zygomatic arch were subjected to the modified preauricular approach. Both approaches were evaluated and compared for the time required
%K intra- and post-operative complications and aesthetic results.
%U http://ust.edu/ojs/index.php/yjmp/article/view/1117