Parotid tumors: a ten-year experience in a community hospital.
The results of 47 operations for parotid tumor in a community hospital are reviewed. The morbidity and recurrence rates are comparable to those of large published series and support the hypothesis that subtotal parotidectomy can be done safely in a general surgical group practice in which no single surgeon has a large experience.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000407:Alabama; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006764:Hospitals, Community; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010307:Parotid Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*