Marsupialization of mandibular cystic lesions, clinical observations of 23 cases

1. Marsupialization was performed on 23 cases of cystic lesions of the jaw at the Department of Oral Surgery, Okayama University Hospital in the recent five years. 2. These patients were divided into 4 groups according to their age; namely, group A of those under IS years old, group B of those between 15 and 30 years old, group C of those between 31 and 60 years old, and group D of those over 61 years old, and the results of postoperative findings were compared with those of preoperative ones. 3. In group A of the four groups the most favorable results were obtained after marsupialization and reduction of the tumor was remarkable, even in a case of ameloblastoma, as compared with groups B, C and D. 4. Cure of lesions took somewhat a longer period of time in group B than in group A, but all the cystic lesions were reduced favorably after operation. 5. The reduction in cysts in groups C and D was markedly slower when compared with that in groups A and B, but the marsupialization surgery seems to be desirable in some cases.