Extracapsular Supradiscal Subperiosteal Surgical Procedure for Temporomandibular Joint Internal Derangement Correction: Novel Technique

Patients in a supine extended position with nasotracheal intubation; oral intubation in such cases is not suitable as it makes dissection and disc repositioning difficult and compromises the surgery results. Periauricular incision with postauricular extension; after infiltration with noradrenaline 1/200000 solution with or without zylocaine which gives better exposure and better aesthetic results. Dissection down the wound till reach the temporal fascia starting posteriorlay till the fascia blended with the zygomatic arch anteriorly; identification of temporal root of zygomatic arch using fine dissector followed by subperiosteal dissection of zygomatic arch till five mm anterior to the articular eminence of TMJ. Accurate identification of TMJ followed by meticulous subperiosteal dissection of superior margin of TMJ capsule then the dissection continued posteriorly till posterior margin; no need to dissect the bilaminar zone, and the dissection continued anteriorly down the skull base t