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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.
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Kameshwaran, M., Raghavan, D., Anand Kumar, R.S. et al. Surgical management of trismus due to Oral Submucous Fibrosis — Lysis of fibrotic bands with the KTP-532 Laser. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 58, 229–231 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03050825
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