Nonoperative removal of sialoliths and sialodochoplasty of salivary duct strictures.
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.
Kim
R H
RH
Radiology Department, St. Luke's Hospital, Racine, Wis, USA.
Strimling
A M
AM
Grosch
T
T
Feider
D E
DE
Veranth
J J
JJ
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