title: Nonoperative removal of sialoliths and sialodochoplasty of salivary duct strictures.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the nonsurgical removal of sialoliths and treatment of salivary duct strictures.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case series.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two 200-bed general community hospitals.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twelve consecutive patients from April 1985 to November 1994-8 with calculi, 3 with salivary duct strictures, and 1 with calculi and stricture.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Successful nonoperative removal of calculi in 7 of 9 patients. All 4 sialodochoplasties were successful. All 10 patients with successful procedures had no recurrent symptoms. Seven patients have been symptom-free for 10 months to 10 years. Communication with 3 patients has been impossible recently, although these patients were symptom-free for at least 3 years.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These methods of nonsurgical sialolith removal and sialodocoplasty were highly successful and should be used as the initial therapies for patients with these conditions.
authors.affiliation: Radiology Department, St. Luke's Hospital, Racine, Wis, USA.
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Strimling
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Grosch
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Feider
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Veranth
mesh_terms: D002404:Catheterization; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D004106:Dilatation; D006801:Humans; D011677:Punctures; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D018987:Salivary Ducts / Q000473:pathology*; D015494:Salivary Gland Calculi / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D012466:Salivary Gland Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D012796:Sialography