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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY
Volume 38, Issue 10, Pages 1030-1035Publisher
CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2009.05.008
Keywords
computer assisted navigation; surgical simulation; gap arthroplasty; temporomandibular joint ankylosis
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- National Nature Science Foundation of China [30471897]
- Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai [08DZ2271100]
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Gap arthroplasty, used in the treatment of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) ankylosis, is challenging, requiring resecting of massive abnormal bone formation at the skull base with complex and distorted anatomy. This study evaluated the application of image-guided navigation to gap arthroplasty. Four gap arthroplasties were performed on patients with unilateral TMJ ankylosis under computer-assisted navigation guidance. After preoperative planning and 3-dimensional simulation, the normal anatomic structures of the TMJ were created by superimposing and comparing the unaffected and affected sides. The amount and range of ankylotic bone to be resected was determined and displayed. Registration achieved an accurate match between the intra-operative anatomy and the CT virtual images. Anatomic structures and the position of surgical instruments were shown real time on the screen. In all cases the accuracy of the system measured by the computer did not exceed 1 mm. No complications occurred and the mean minimal thickness of the skull base between middle cranial fossa and reconstructed glenoid fossa was 1.97 mm. Using image-guided navigation resulted in safe surgical excision of the bony ankylosis from the skull base. Navigation-guided resection of the ankylotic bone in the TMJ gap arthroplasty was a valuable and safe technique in this potentially complicated procedure.
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