title: Microwave Ablation: A Novel Treatment for the Mucoceles of Anterior Lingual Salivary Glands.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of microwave ablation as a substitute for surgery in patients with a mucocele of the anterior lingual salivary glands.
  
  
  METHODS
  In the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University (Chengdu, China), 78 patients with a clinical diagnosis of a mucocele of the anterior lingual salivary glands underwent microwave ablation from November 2012 to May 2015. Outcome and data on age, gender, size of lesion, history of trauma, and duration of lesion development for each patient were collected.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In this series, all patients fully recovered and only 5 patients received a second ablation. Wound healing was uneventful in all cases and a small scar was observed in only 6 patients. No serious complications were observed except for local discomfort in 2 cases and tongue tip numbness in 3 cases, but the problems resolved within several days without management.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Microwave ablation is a safe, straightforward, less invasive, economic, and effective therapeutic method for a mucocele of the anterior lingual salivary glands and can be used as a primary treatment modality before considering surgery.
authors.affiliation: Resident, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
authors.forename: Hao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.affiliation: Resident, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
authors.forename: Shasha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Resident, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Co-Chief Nurse, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
authors.forename: Xuejuan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.affiliation: Professor, Department of Oral Pathology, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
authors.forename: Yaling
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.affiliation: Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China. Electronic address: lxh88866@scu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Xinhua
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liang
mesh_terms: D055011:Ablation Techniques; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008872:Microwaves / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D009078:Mucocele / Q000601:surgery*; D012466:Salivary Gland Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D014060:Tongue Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome