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Auriculotemporal Nerve Block in TMJ Disorders

NCT04827784 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 22

Last updated 2021-04-01

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Summary

The retrospective study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of the Auriculotemporal Nerve Block (ATNB) in achieving unrestricted mouth opening amount and in reducing the pain scores in those patients diagnosed with disc displacement with (DDWR) and without reduction (DDWOR) according to the Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders, who could not benefit from noninvasive methods but did not want further invasion.

Conditions

  • Temporomandibular Joint Disorders
  • Arthralgia of TMJ

Interventions

PROCEDURE

local anaesthetic injection

The head and neck of the condyle were detected by palpating the pretragal area. Then, the needle was inserted anterior to the junction of the tragus and the lobule. After 0.5 ml the solution was subcutaneously infiltrated, the needle was protruded until it touched the neck of the condyle. Aspiration was performed to avoid intravenous injections, and the remaining solution was injected thereafter.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Tokat Gaziosmanpasa University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Mehmet K. Tümer, AssocProfDr · Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-01-15
Primary Completion
2020-09-23
Completion
2020-12-07

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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