Huang et al. (8) in a study of 82 patients suffering from
mucoceles on the lower lip treated with CO2 laser observed
that 2 lesions reappeared afterwards and one patient
suffered temporary paraesthesia. In another study of 68
patients, 30 were treated with CO2 laser, only one lesion
reappeared and there were no postoperative complications.
In contrast, due to the more aggressive process, in
the 38 cases removed by scalpel there were 9 postoperative
complications - a temporary anaesthesia in a 2.4 cm
diameter mucocele located close to the mental nerve, 3
cases of postoperative haemorrhage and 5 patients with
fibrous scar tissue after normal healing