Bassey GO

Department of Dental Surgery, University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar, Nigeria

Publications

• Original Article   
  Use of Oral Mucoperiosteal and Pterygo‑Masseteric Muscle Flaps as Interposition Material in Surgery of Temporomandibular Joint Ankylosis: A Comparative Study
  Author(s): Anyanechi CE, Osunde OD* and Bassey GO
  
  Background: The most common complication of surgery for the release of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) ankylosis is relapse of the ankylosis. To prevent reâÂÃ?Â?ÂÃ?Â?ankylosis, a variety of interpositional materials have been used. Aim: The aim was to compare the surgical outcome of oral mucoperiosteal flap, not hitherto used as interpositional material, with pterygoâÂÃ?Â?ÂÃ?Â?masseteric muscles flap after surgical release of TMJ ankylosis. Subjects and Methods: This was a prospective randomized study of all consecutive patients treated for the release of complete TMJ bony ankylosis, from January 2003 to December 2012, at the Oral and Maxillofacial unit of our institution. The patients were randomized into two groups: The pterygoâÂÃ?Â?ÂÃ?Â?masseteric group comprises 22 patients while the oral mucoperiosteal group had 23 patients. Inf.. Read More»