title: Liquid nitrogen cryotherapy in the management of oral lesions: a retrospective clinical study.
abstract: BACKGROUND #ENTITYSTARTX00026;
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to evaluate effectiveness and convenience of cryosurgical procedure, to assess the events during postoperative healing and to find out the incidence of recurrence
  
  
  METHODS
  This study was conducted in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, KLESVK Institute of Dental Sciences, Belgaum. The 40 patients selected for the study were divided into 2 groups of 20 patients each irrespective of age and sex. Group I 20 patients with Pre-Malignant Lesions Group II 20 patients with Oral Mucous Cyst
  
  
  RESULTS
  It was observed that all the 20 patients of mucocele were cured without any complication and recurrence, but in 20 patients of leukoplakia 5 patients had recurrence which was directly attributed to their persisting habits.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We state that this modality of treatment is promising with good results and has certain advantage over other modalities of treatment.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, KLE University, Belgaum, India.
authors.forename: Manu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Prasad
authors.forename: Tejraj P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Kale
authors.forename: Rajshekhar
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Halli
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Kotrashetti
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Baliga
keywords: Cryosurgery; Cryotherapy; Freezing; Leukoplakia; Mucocele; Thawing