[Salivary gland tumor in authors' material]

The aim this work was to analyze the operated salivary gland tumors, taking into consideration the age and the sex of the patients. From 1980 to 1996 74 patients were operated including 40 women and 34 men, aged 21-78. Out of those 74 salivary gland tumors which were operated, conservative operation was carried out in 62 patients (85.2%) while in 11 patients (14.8%) it was radical operation. Most of the patients who underwent the operation were at the age between 31 and 60 (77.1%). In most cases--77.2% we had to do with mixed tumor of parotid gland and in 4% of submaxillary gland. Postsurgery complications in the from of complete facial paralysis were shown in 14.8% of the patients.