Treatment of the odontogenic keratocyst by combined enucleation and cryosurgery.
The treatment of an odontogenic keratocyst of the mandible with a combination of enucleation and cryosurgery has been presented with a 5-year follow-up without recurrence. This case is presented to stimulate interest in the technique and to add a useful option to enucleation alone and enucleation with chemical cauterization. As more cases with long-term follow-up are documented, it is hoped that cryosurgery as an adjunct to enucleation will prove to be a conservative and reliable method of lowering the recurrence rate associated with this lesion.
D003452:Cryosurgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007633:Keratins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008334:Mandible / Q000601:surgery; D008336:Mandibular Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009807:Odontogenic Cysts / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*
D007633:Keratins