Surgical techniques of the parotid tumor

101 cases with parotid tumors, including fourteen recurrent ones, were operated from 1976 to 1986. Surgical techniques of the recurrent cases were more complicated and difficult and often required plastic and reconstructive procedures for the skin, tissue and nerve defects. From the experiences mainly of the recurrent tumors, it was concluded that uniformly applied superficial or total parotidectomy was not always necessary but modified parotidectomy resecting sufficient and adequate tissues around the tumor should be planned individually from the prudent preoperative examinations.