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15598583

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-12-15
pubmed:abstractText
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.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1368-8375
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
41
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
31-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
The results of CO2 laser surgery in patients with oral leukoplakia: a 25 year follow up.
pubmed:affiliation
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
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review