Odontogenic Keratocyst: A Clinical Entity With Favorable Response to Active Decompression and Distraction Sugosteogenesis

Abstract

Objective:

The purpose of this study was to determine the usefulness of active decompression and distraction sugosteogenesis (ADDS) for the management of non-syndromic odontogenic keratocysts (OKC).

Materials and Methods:

A retrospective case series study was designed and implemented. The study observed the Declaration of Helsinki on medical protocol and ethics and it was approved by the university’s Institutional Review Board (IRB). The medical files of all patients who underwent ADDS for OKCs of the jaws at the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery of a tertiary university-affiliated medical center were reviewed. Data were collected on patient’s age, gender, presenting signs and symptoms, lesion location, locularity, pre-ADDS, size of the lesion, post-ADDS, pain, days with bloody discharge and/or proteinaceous fluid inside the system’s external unit, days to achieve hermetic seal, size of the lesion 2 weeks after ADDS, percentage of reduction, patient’s complaints/complications, and follow-up period. Pre- and post-ADDS panoramic radiographs were reviewed for reduction parameters.

Results:

Six patients, 5 males and 1 female, with an average age of 45.16 years (range 16-74 years) were studied. ADDS was performed during 4 weeks in all patients. During the therapy, the extraoral unit collected blood during 2.83 days in average. In average, after the third day, the cystic cavity started to drain a proteinaceous fluid for about 9.33 days (range 6-15 days). The average pre-ADDS Standard Lesional Area Index (SLAI) was 18.17 cm² (range 4.40 cm²-34.58 m²) and, after 2 weeks of ADDS, the average SLAI was 5.47 cm² (range 0.49 cm²-15.39 cm²). The average percentage of reduction, after 2 weeks, was 73.93% (range 55.49%-97.51%), which yielded an overall good reaction of OKCs to ADDS. No significant reduction of the lesions was observed from week 2 to week 4, when ADDS ceased. All lesions were enucleated after 3 months. After an average of 14 months of follow-up (12 to 17 months), no signs of recurrence have been observed.

Keywords

odontogenic keratocyst passive decompression active decompression distraction sugosteogenesis

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