Shillong, Nov 4: Supercare Hospital has conducted the first ever Alloplastic jaw transplant in northeast.
According to a statement released by the hospital a 24-year-old female patient from West Khasi Hills district, reported to the department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (OMFS) on Octpber 24 with complaints of severe pain in Bilateral temporo-mandibular joints (TMJs) which is a sliding joints connecting the lower jaw bone to the skull.
The hospital said that she had difficulty in eating and chewing food, difficulty in opening and closing of her mouth as well as difficulty in biting her upper & lower teeth for past one year and progressive development of open bite.
Her MRI showed bilateral degenerative TM joint disease.
“A team of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (who are a part of OncomaxNE association) headed by Dr. Bobby Linda Majaw from Shillong and Dr. Ashutosh Vatsyayan from Guwahati carried out what is possibly the first ever CAD/CAM Alloplastic Bilateral Temporo-mandibular Joint replacement surgery in a private set up,†the statement stated.
According to Supercare Hospital, the custom fabricated implant was manufactured from TMJ Consultancy Services from Bhopal under the guidance of Dr. Darpan Bhargava. The operation lasted for eight hours.
The hospital stated that post the surgery, the patient had no pain in her TMJ and was able to open and close her mouth properly.
The entire surgery was supported with MHIS government health insurance scheme.