Victim injured person opened her mouth for the first time in 8 years

Indian teenager the first time in 8 years from the date of severe facial trauma has opened its mouth. Now young People planning to in the near future once again learn how to properly take food and talk.

Facial injuries

8 years ago, a resident of Uttar Pradesh received heavy Siobhan Sharma facial injury When he fell from the roof. As a result of these injuries it faced with respiratory failure, and lost the opportunity to properly talk and eat. In fact, his jaw, as they say, a fusion between is, it did not open his mouth Shivani.

Facial injuries

However, two Indian doctors were able to conduct reconstructive surgery with artificial joints, that the teenager returned to manage the jaw. Until recently Siobhan had to stick to a liquid diet that severely and negatively It affected his health. Dr. Ajoy Roychodhuri and ONGC Butia that a complex operation conducted in the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi, argue that it is the first such a surgical procedure in India.

Facial injuries

"Frustration, that plagues Shiva called ankylosis TMJ   (TMJ), - said Professor Roychodhuri, Head of the Department of Maxillofacial Surgery at AIIMS. - Usually it develops due to facial trauma , Downs Ear infections or inflammatory processes. Temporomandibular joint is contact point of the lower jaw to the skull - the most complex joint in the all humans. However, we were able to replace it in a given patient, it allowed him to open his mouth to speak, and take food. "(READ CONT)

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