Surgical management of trismus due to Oral Submucous Fibrosis - Lysis of fibrotic bands with the KTP-532 Laser

Mohan Kameshwaran; Dilip Raghavan; R S Anand Kumar; Sathiya Murali

doi:10.1007/BF03050825

Surgical management of trismus due to Oral Submucous Fibrosis - Lysis of fibrotic bands with the KTP-532 Laser

Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2006 Jul;58(3):229-31. doi: 10.1007/BF03050825.

Authors

Mohan Kameshwaran¹, Dilip Raghavan, R S Anand Kumar, Sathiya Murali

Affiliation

¹ Madras ENT Research Foundation, 15. Sivasamy Salai. Mylapore, Chennai - 600 004. Tamil Nadu, India.

Abstract

Oral Submucous Fibrosis is an insidious, chronic disease affecting the oral cavity, sometimes the pharynx and rarely the tongue. 15 patients with Oral Submucous Fibrosis presenting with severe trismus were treated with lysis of the fibrotic bands with a KTP-532 Laser and adjunctive treatment with excellent results over a 12 month follow-up period.

Keywords: Fibrotic Bands; KTP-532 Laser; Oral Submucous Fibrosis; Trismus.