title: Introduction of a new diagnostic procedure: salivary duct endoscopy (sialendoscopy) clinical evaluation of sialendoscopy, sialography, and X-ray imaging.
abstract: The diagnosis of obstructive salivary duct disorders to date has been based on imaging by roentgenography and ultrasound, which do not always yield a precise diagnosis. Sialendoscopy is a new procedure for identifying the cause of obstructive symptoms with direct inspection of the efferent salivary duct system by means of a microendoscope. This new technique does not impose a strain on the patient and is performed under local anaesthesia on an outpatient basis.
authors.affiliation: ENT Department, Benjamin Franklin Medical Center, Free University of Berlin.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gundlach
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hopf
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Linnarz
mesh_terms: D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012466:Salivary Gland Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D012469:Salivary Glands / Q000473:pathology*; D012796:Sialography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed