[Article in Chinese
Su HB, Liu SF, Ou XR.

Department of Maxillo-Facial Surgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410008, China.

OBJECTIVE: To observe the effect of cryosurgery on maxillofacial deepish hemangioma, and the facial nerve recovery. METHODS: Twelve hemangioma patients were observed for the effect of cryosurgery on hemangiomaa in maxillo-facial deepish expose lesion after flapping and four rabbits were used for the observation of the recovery of the facial nerve after cryosurgery. RESULTS: The facial nerve function of rabbits recovered within six to eight weeks, the twelve hemangioma patients'-facial nerve also recovered with six to eight weeks, only one reoccured in five years. CONCLUSIONS: Cryosurgery after flapping is an effective; little-traumatic, recover-quickly and spreadingworth method for treatment of maxillo-facial deepish hemangioma.

PMID: 12536708 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]