Fr. Carls et al., COMPLICATIONS FOLLOWING ARTHROSCOPY OF THE TEMPOROMANDIBULAR-JOINT - ANALYSIS COVERING A 10-YEAR PERIOD (451 ARTHROSCOPIES), Journal of cranio-maxillo-facial surgery, 24(1), 1996, pp. 12-15
451 arthroscopies of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) have been perfo
rmed on 373 patients during 10 years of clinical experience. The compl
ication rate was low (1.77%). Most complications were transient, consi
sting mainly of temporary deficits of the 5th and 7th cranial nerves.
No patient required arthrotomy because of complications, but one patie
nt had to undergo angiography and embolization of a traumatic aneurysm
of the superficial temporal artery secondary to arthroscopy.