Complications following arthroscopy of the temporomandibular joint: analysis covering a 10-year period (451 arthroscopies)

Efficacy of Temporomandibular Joint Arthrocentesis on Mouth Opening and Pain in the Treatment of Internal Derangement of TMJ—A Clinical Study

“…In addition to the effective treatment of acute closed lock, it has also been suggested that TMJ arthrocentesis and lavage may further be useful for the management of osteoarthritis, early rheumatoid arthritis and acute intracapsular trauma with haemarthrosis of the TMJ [22]. Complications of TMJ arthrocentesis and lavage, include extravasation of fluid into surrounding tissue, facial nerve injury (0.7-0.6 %) [25][26][27], fifth nerve deficit (0.1-2.4 %) [25], otic injury (0.5-8.6 %) [25,26], preauricular haematoma, superficial temporal artery aneurysm, arteriovenous fistula, transarticular perforation, intracranial perforation, extradural haematoma, parapharyngeal swelling, and intra-articular problems [28].…”

Treatment of Intermittent Locking of the Jaw in Wilkes Stage II Derangement by Arthroscopic Lysis and Lavage

“…This is consistent with many large-scale studies in the literature that found a low complication rate after TMJ arthroscopy. 27,[45][46][47][48][49] This study showed that simple arthroscopic lysis and lavage is an effective and safe method for treating mild internal derangement of the TMJ. It decreases intermittent locking and catching of the jaw and decreases transient pain episodes.…”

Parapharangeal edema: an uncommon complication of TMJ arthroscopy

“…Carls et al. in 1996 reported one case out of a study of 451 TMJ arthroscopies to have the complication of ipsilateral parapharyngeal swelling noticed at the end of the arthroscopic procedure and extubation was postponed for one hour. Ahmed et al.…”