VASCULAR COMPLICATION ASSOCIATED WITH TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT SURGERY

• Published in: Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology and oral radiology Vol. 130; no. 3; p. e151
• Main Authors: DIAS, EMI SUZANE DE ABREU, BEZERRA, LAYS MYRELA BOMFIM, PEREIRA, RENATA DA PAZ LEAL, GARCIA, JULIANA JORGE, NETO, JOÃO N. NOGUEIRA, OLIVEIRA, JOÃO FRANK CARVALHO DANTAS DE
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Inc 01-09-2020
• ISSN: 2212-4403; 2212-4411
• DOI: 10.1016/j.oooo.2020.04.199

There are several treatments for patients with temporomandibular disorders. Open temporomandibular joint (TMJ) surgery is indicated for cases in which conservative or minimally invasive treatment did not achieve satisfactory results. Discopexy by open surgery of the TMJ is 1 of the modalities of treatment for patients with displacement of articular disk in which they are viable to be repositioned and fixed with the aid of bone anchorage. There are several reports in the literature regarding postoperative complications involving open surgeries of TMJ that may be potentially associated with anatomy, infections, autoimmune diseases, stomatognathic biomechanics, and the neurovascular system. The objective of the present study is to report a rare postoperative complication in a female patient, 34 years of age, who underwent an open surgical procedure of TMJ discus in which she developed a pseudoarterial aneurysm of the superficial temporal artery surgically treated in the second operative time.