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Using Carnoy's Solution in Treatment of Keratocystic Odontogenic Tumor
Najwa Jameel Alchalabi1, Ahmed Maki Merza2, Sabah Abdulaziz Issa1
1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Specialized Surgeries Hospital, Medical City, Baghdad, Iraq.
Aim:
The aim of this study was to assess the treatment of keratocystic odontogenic tumor using enucleation and Carnoy's solution with peripheral ostectomy.
Materials And Methods:
Twenty-nine patients (14 females and 15 males) with age range from 12 to 62 years were included in this study and followed up for 7 years; all the patients were treated in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery of the Specialized Surgeries Teaching Hospital (Al-Shaheed Ghazi Al-Hariri Hospital-Medical City, Baghdad, Iraq). Enucleation followed by peripheral ostectomy and the application of Carnoy's solution is the standardized method of treatment.
Results:
This study showed (32.7%) unilocular radiolucency for the lesions (19.9%) as multilocular radiolucency. Furthermore, it showed that the recurrence rate by this method was 0% with a minimum neurosensory disturbance.
Conclusion:
The complications and morbidity originating from the application of Carnoy's solution occurred less frequently and were less serious than those associated with resection while the recurrence rate is 0% which is equal to the recurrence rate of resection.
