Visually-guided irrigation of the superior joint compartment of the temporomandibular joint using a 1.2-mm diameter rod-lens arthroscope

• Published in: Japanese Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Vol. 48; no. 12; pp. 613 - 619
• Main Authors: HAMADA, Yoshiki, KONDOH, Toshirou, KAMEI, Kazutoshi, NAKAJIMA, Toshifumi, ITO, Ko, KANEMURA, Hironari, ARA, Hironori, ARAI, Goh, SETO, Kanichi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japanese Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons 2002
• Subjects: arthroscopy; complication; joint irrigation; temporomandibular joint; visually-guided irrigation

We devised a procedure for visually-guided irrigation (VGIR) of the superior joint compartment of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) for the treatment of closed-lock and other TMJ diseases. A TMJ arthroscopy system using a 1.2-mm diameter rod-lens arthroscope was also developed to perform VGIR under...