El General de Castelló implanted for the first time a Fossa prosthesis condi what bilateral made to measure
– intervention has participated, as well as the head of the section of maxillofacial surgery, Francisco Soler, Pedro Franco specialist
Spain, November 2010- the section of maxillofacial surgery of the General Hospital of Castelló has introduced for the first time a Fossa prosthesis bilateral condyle tailored to a patient who suffered a traffic accident that it fractured the jaw of the patient.
Surgical intervention, which has been broadcast since the integrated operating room HDTV 1080i in the hospital, has counted with the participation of the Chief of the section, Dr. Francisco Soler, and the international specialist Dr. Pedro Franco, of Dallas (USA).
Due to the novelty of the first surgical intervention performed with a prosthesis made to measure, the entire operation has been broadcast to the Hall in which has been able to be followed by professionals and specialists from the General Hospital of Castelló and others, such as the peace of Madrid, the Valencia Clinic Hospital ClÃnic of Barcelona, La Fe of Valencia and Juan Canalejo in A Coruña.
Therefore, the clinical meeting has been chaired by the Manager of the Department of health of Castellón, Guillermo Ferran, and medical director of the General Hospital, Francisco Pérez.
The patient, for 40 years, suffered a fracture of the Temporomandibular joint (ATM) due to a traffic accident when he was only four, causing a change in growth and a severe apnea sleep.
TMJ (Temporomandibular joint) is composed of a set of anatomical structures that, with the help of specific muscle groups, it enables the jaw to run varied movements applied to the occlusal function (opening and closing, protrusion, retrusión, laterality).
Despite the fact that he had been involved previously in another health centre to repair the cóndilos (the head rounded at the tip of the jaw that fits in the Palm of another to form a joint), through the placement of two bars, the evolution of the patient required a new assessment by the team of Castelló General maxillofacial surgery.
Since the first performance and operation did not bear fruit, the hospital opted for a TAC in 3 dimensions to generate a model esterolitográfico of the skull and jaw of the patient for a prosthesis to measure.
This Fossa prosthesis condi it bilateral, made of titanium proplast, has been which has been implanted in the speech made yesterday in the integrated operating room of the Hospital General of Castelló.
