The CO₂ laser surgery in hemangioma of oral and maxillofacial regions

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to clarify the usefullness of the CO₂ laser in the treatment of hemangioma in oral and maxillofacial regions. The CO₂ laser surgery was performed on ten patients at the Oral Surgery Department of the Hokkaido University Dental Hospital between 1981 and 1985: seven with labial hemangioma, and one case each of lingual, buccal and mandibular hemangioma.
The results are as follows: The CO₂ laser surgery appeared to be extremely effective in the treatment of hemangioma because of its hemostatic ability, thus the increased visualization of the operative field reduced the excision of surrounding tissues of the lesion to a minimum degree, which resulted in less post-operative deformity and dysfunction.