Oral mucosal melanoma: Conservative treatment including laser surgery
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Oral mucosal melanoma: conservative treatment including laser surgery.
OBJECTIVE To discuss the convenience of laser surgery as optimal treatment for melanoma of the oral mucosa. PATIENTS AND METHODS A retrospective evaluation of four patients with primary oral melanomas treated at a single Cancer Institution in Mexico City. RESULTS Two patients were treated with resection of the melanoma with CO2 laser together with extraction of the involved dental organs an...
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عنوان ژورنال: Medicina Oral Patología Oral y Cirugia Bucal
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1698-6946
DOI: 10.4317/medoral.16.e381