Table 1.
Summary of results
| Name | Age/sex | Diagnosis | Treatment done | Treatment done before | MRI findings | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TMJ appears | Signals | Graft placed | Disk space | Graft seen | Operated space occupied | |||||
| Rajammal | 37/F | Ankylosis of left TMJ | Release of ankylotic mass and placing free fat dermis graft as an interpositional material of gap arthroplasty | 5 years | Wider | High signal areas, low signals areas in mid portion | Diffuse manner | Superiorly anteriorly posteriorly of ressected mandible | 2/3rd of the operated joint | |
| Rajeswari | 29/F | Ankylosis of left TMJ | Release of ankylotic mass and placing free fat dermis graft as an interpositional material of gap arthroplasty | 5 years | Wider larger | High signal areas, low signals areas in mid portion | Regular manner | Superiorly anteriorly posteriorly of ressected mandible | 2/3rd of the operated joint | |
| Shanthi | 28/F | Ankylosis of right TMJ | Release of ankylotic mass and placing free fat dermis graft as an interpositional material of gap arthroplasty | 6 months | Wider | Iso-high signal | Regular manner | Well outlined, anteriorly and superiorly graft placed | Superiorly anteriorly posteriorly of ressected mandible | Almost entire joint |
| Pradeepa | 4/F | Ankylosis of left TMJ | Release of ankylotic mass and placing free fat dermis graft as an interpositional material of gap arthroplasty | 6 months | Wider larger | Iso-high signal | Regular manner | Anteriorly posteriorly and superiorly graft placed | Anteriorly posteriorly of ressected mandible | Almost entire joint |
| Chandra Kupta | 38/M | Ankylosis of left TMJ | Release of ankylotic mass and placing free fat dermis graft as an interpositional material of gap arthroplasty | 6 months | Wider | Iso-high signal | Regular manner | Well outlined, anteriorly and superiorly graft placed | Superiorly anteriorly posteriorly of ressected mandible | Almost entire joint |