Arthrocentesis Followed by Autologous Blood Injection in the Treatment of Chronic Symptomatic Subluxation of Temporomandibular Joint.

Introduction: Temporomandibular joint subluxation is defined as self-reducing partial dislocation of the TMJ during which the condyle passes anterior to the articular eminence.

Material And Method: The study consisted of 30 patients, 19 females and 11 males with 14 unilateral and 16 bilateral cases of chronic symptomatic subluxation. Treatment consisted of arthrocentesis followed by 2 ml of autologous blood injection into upper joint space and 1 ml into pericapsular tissues using an autoclaved soldered double needle with single puncture technique.

Arthrocentesis Versus Level 1 Arthroscopy in Internal Derangement of Temporomandibular Joint.

Introduction: Internal derangement of the temporomandibular joint is defined as an abnormal position of the articular disc in relation with mandibular condyle and articular eminence presenting as disc displacement with or without reduction.

Methodology: This study was conducted on thirty patients diagnosed with Internal derangement of TMJ consisting of 8 males and 22 females averaging 34.6 years.

Dredging: A conservative surgical approach for treatment of large cystic lesions of the jaws.

Background: Treatment modalities of odontogenic cystic lesions of the jaws range from conservative to radical. "Dredging" may be considered the "middle path" between conservative and radical treatment options. It comprises three entities-decompression, followed by repeated scraping of the lesion, and finally, peripheral ostectomy providing margin clearance but without significant morbidity.

Association of age with risk of first and subsequent allograft failure and mortality among young kidney transplant recipients in the USA - a retrospective cohort study.

Adolescent age may be a high-risk period for kidney allograft failure. However, the knowledge on this topic is limited mostly to the first transplant. Among 20 960 patients aged ≤21 years at the first kidney transplantation from the US Renal Data System, we evaluated the association of age at the first kidney transplant with risk for the first and subsequent graft failures (1st, 2nd, and 3rd) using the conditional risk set model for recurrent time-to-event data.