Electrochemical treatment: an effective way of dealing with extensive venous malformations of the oral and cervicofacial region.

We describe the results of electrochemical treatment of extensive venous malformations in the oral and cervicofacial region in 29 patients. Platinum needles were inserted into the lesions under general or local anaesthesia, the electrode pitch, voltage, current, and quantity of electricity being 1-1.5cm, 5-8V, 40-60mA, and 50-60C/cm(2), respectively. Six months after the treatment, 26 patients had been cured, and in the other three the lesions had decreased by more than 75%. Electrochemical treatment is therefore relatively safe, simple, and highly efficient for the treatment of extensive venous malformations, and leaves no scars.