Role of endoscopic surgery in the treatment of maxillary odontogenic cysts
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Keywords
endoscopic nasal surgery, odontogenic cyst, radicular cyst, dentigerous cyst, odontogenic keratocyst
Abstract
Odontogenic cysts are benign bone lesions, most of them asymptomatic, which usually cons- titute a radiological finding. The treatment is surgical and is conditioned by factors such as location, size and involvement of nearby structures. The objective is to choose the treatment mode that presents the lowest risk of recurrence, the minimum morbidity, and at the same time, the eradication of the lesion. Following this premise, the treatment of these lesions has traditionally been approached with open techniques with good results but, with the advent and development of endoscopic surgery, this technique began to be used exclusively or in a mixed form for the resection of odontogenic cysts, achieving similar rates of surgical success, but with fewer complications and postoperative morbidity. It also has an advantage regar- ding follow-up for recurrences, since patients can be controlled endoscopically in the outpa- tient clinic. The objective of this review is to describe the development and role of endoscopic surgery for the treatment of maxillary odontogenic lesions.
