Professional paper
Marsupialisation of Keratocystic Odontogenic Tumour of the Mandible: Current Dilemma
Ana KOTARAC KNEŽEVIĆ
; Department of Oral Surgery, School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Spomenka Manojlović
; Department for Clinical and Experimental Pathology, University Hospital Dubrava, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The authors present the results of treating mandibular keratocystic odontogenic tumour (KCOT) by the surgical method of marsupialisation in the context of current dilemma in the literature regarding this problem. The basic question of whether marsupialisation can be the definitive method in treatment of KCOT still cannot be answered with certainty, neither on the basis of data from the literature nor on the basis of positive data presented in the study. Presentation of slightly modified results of the treatment of a sample from an earlier published study, and two cases treated subsequently give the authors the prerogative to claim that marsupialisation of KCOT is the method of choice, which will probably be the definitive method of treatment. Current data from the literature still require several years of postoperative monitoring of patients and application of additional means of treatment in order to prevent relapse.
Keywords
Gorlin-Goltz Syndrome; Odontogenic Keratocyst; Mandible; Marsupialisation; Surgical Treatment
Hrčak ID:
71731
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Publication date:
23.9.2011.
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