| Autor: |
van der Hem PS; Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Groningen University Hospital, P.O. Box 30001, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands. p.s.van.der.hem@kchir.azg.nl, Nauta JM, van der Wal JE, Roodenburg JL |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Oral oncology [Oral Oncol] 2005 Jan; Vol. 41 (1), pp. 31-7. |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.oraloncology.2004.06.010 |
| Abstrakt: |
Oral leukoplakia is an important premalignant lesion of the oral mucosa. We treat this lesion prophylactically with CO2 laser evaporation. In the period from 1976 to 2001, a group of 200 patients with 282 oral leukoplakias were treated by CO2 laser evaporation. In a follow up period of 1-219 months (mean 52), 251 treated leukoplakias (89.0%) did not show a recurrence. Twenty eight (9.9%) local recurrences were observed in 5 to 168 months after treatment. Three (1.1%) squamous cell carcinoma, occurred in the treated area respectively 7, 17 and 19 month after CO2 laser evaporation. This large study with a long follow up shows that laser treatment is a good prophylactic treatment for oral leukoplakia. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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