title: Cryosurgery in stomato-oncology. A report of experiences gained over three years.
abstract: An account is given of the application and results of cryosurgery in stomato-oncology based on experiences gained over a 3-year period. Altogether 277 patients were treated for oral neoplasia and hemangiomas. It is stressed that cryosurgery is especially applicable for treating benign and malignant lesions of the anterior third of the oral cavity where healing is good, complications few, and inspection fairly easy. To date the short observation periods offers no adequate basis for making a direct comparison of this method with other more conventional techniques in complex tumor therapy.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000601:surgery; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003452:Cryosurgery / Q000295:instrumentation; D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007972:Leukoplakia, Oral / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*