Abstract
Background & objectives
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
Materials and 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.
Conclusion
We state that this modality of treatment is promising with good results and has certain advantage over other modalities of treatment.
Keywords: Cryosurgery, Cryotherapy, Freezing, Thawing, Mucocele, Leukoplakia
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