title: Simple cryosurgical treatment for oral lesions.
abstract: This article describes a simple and effective cryosurgical treatment for 92 patients who had 102 benign oral lesions. The procedure was performed by direct application of liquid nitrogen to the lesion using a cotton swab on an outpatient basis. This treatment required no sophisticated equipment and gave very satisfactory results. There was no intra- or postoperative bleeding, no surgical defects, minimal scarring, and no infection following treatment. The results demonstrate that this is an atraumatic form of therapy in comparison to conventional surgery.
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taitung, Taiwan.
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Yeh
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003452:Cryosurgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D019647:Oral Surgical Procedures