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Chronic obstructive parotitis due to strictures of Stenson's duct--our treatment experience with sialoendoscopy
Leon Ardekian1, Dror Shamir, Meara Trabelsi
1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Rambam Medical Center, Technion Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel. surgeryc@gmail.com
Purpose:
The present retrospective analysis was performed to assess the effectiveness of sialoendoscopic treatment of chronic obstructive parotitis.
Materials And Methods:
The study group included 87 parotid glands with stricture as the only cause of gland obstruction. After sialographic and sialoendoscopic evaluation, sialoendoscopic 4-step surgical treatments were performed. The treatment protocol was designed.
Results:
Sialoendoscopy proved to be a successful procedure in 94.7% of the affected parotid glands we treated.
Conclusion:
The minimally invasive technique of sialoendoscopy for treatment of strictures of the salivary glands could be a welcome innovation, helping to avoid radical surgical treatment of salivary gland disease.
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