title: [Evaluation of cryosurgery for the management of oral malignant mucomembranous melanoma-A survey of 107 cases reports]
abstract: OBJECTIVE:There were 13 cases underwent operation.24 cases underwent cryosurgery only and 70 cases received comprehensive management,which as cryosurgery,operation,chemotherapy and immuno-therapy.RESULTS:The 3'and 5' year survival rate of three groups were 0.0%,0.0%,37.50%,31.25% and 57.14%,36.07%.There are significant differences between operation group and cryosurgery group and between operation group and comprehensive treatment group.Although the third group got the better result,but the difference between late two groups was not statistical significant.CONCLUSION:It is suggested that comprehensive treatment be the routine regime of melanoma in head and neck. Our experience with review of literature covered the classification, surgical principle and complication was presented.
authors.affiliation: Departmentof Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery,School of Stomatology,Shanghai Second Medical University. Shanghai 200011,China.
authors.forename: G Y
authors.initials: GY
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Z Y
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: J Z
authors.initials: JZ
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: W L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Qiu