Treatment of oral lichen planus by surgical excision and acellular dermal matrix grafting: Eleven case reports and review of literature

Table 1 Description of patients with oral lichen planus

Patient	Sex	Age in yr	Duration of LP in yr	Systemic disease	Previous treatment	Previous relapse time in yr
1	F	56	4	Hypertension	CT	2
2	F	48	3	Hypertension	CT, tretinoin	1
3	F	60	5	Hypertension	CT	2
4	F	59	4	Chronic hepatitis	CT	1.5
5	F	55	4.5	Diabetes mellitus	CT	1
6	F	40	2.5	Hypertension	CT, tretinoin	1
7	F	65	4	Hypertension; diabetes mellitus	CT, ciclosporin	1.2
8	M	59	3	Hypertension; chronic hepatitis	CT, tretinoin	1
9	M	60	3.5	Diabetes mellitus	CT, ciclosporin	1.5
10	M	65	5	Hypertension; chronic hepatitis	CT, tretinoin	2.5
11	M	56	3.5	Hypertension	CT	1

CT: Corticosteroid; F: Female; LP: Lichen planus; M: Male.

Table 2 Evaluation of pain, maximum mouth opening and complete healing

Postoperative day	VAS	MMO in cm	Patients with complete healing, n (%)
0	3.5	2.1	-
9	0.8	2.8	-
15	0.2	3.3	2 (18)
30	0	3.5	10 (91)
60	0	3.7	11 (100)
90	0	3.8	11 (100)

MMO: Maximum mouth opening; VAS: Visual analog scale.