Carnoy’s and the KOT
Reviewed by Stuart Clark

This is a retrospective review of 105 patients with keratocystic odontogenic tumours treated over a 23-year period with a mean follow-up of 86 months. The recurrence rate was 11.4%. Permanent neuro-sensory deficit of the inferior alveolar nerve was 16%. Younger age, multilocularity, larger size and longer AP dimension of the cyst were found to be risk factors for recurrence. This is a useful review paper in the run-up to exit exams but outwith this has little new to add.

Result of the treatment of keratocystic odontogenic tumours using enucleation and treatment of the residual bony default with Carnoy’s solution.

Leung YY, Lau SL, Tsoy KYY, Rmagl Ng CL. 

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY 

2016;45(9):1154-8.