Treatment of intraoral cancer by electrocoagulation.
Electrocoagulation of intraoral carcinoma has been utilized as primary curative treatment in a series of twenty-five patients. The technique described here employs a disk electrode, requires only light general anesthesia and has a low rate of complications. Eleven patients survived more than five years. Eight died of other diseases and only 6 died with recurrent cancer. This is an effective technique which deserves wider use.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000539:Alveolar Process; D004564:Electrocoagulation / Q000295:instrumentation; D004566:Electrodes; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009060:Mouth Floor; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D012008:Recurrence; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*