Intra-vital staining as an aid to parotid gland surgery.
Successful parotid surgery depends on the careful identification and dissection of the facial nerve, and to prevent recurrence all tumours should be excised with a wide margin of normal tissue. These two requirements are facilitated by the technique of intra-vital staining of the parotid gland with 2.5% methylene blue solution.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000601:surgery; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008751:Methylene Blue; D008875:Middle Aged; D010306:Parotid Gland / Q000601:surgery*; D010307:Parotid Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D013194:Staining and Labeling / Q000379:methods
D008751:Methylene Blue