title: [Clinic analysis of surgical treatment for benign parotid tumour 55 cases].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the relationship between 3 kinds of surgical methods and the postoperative recurrence and complication of patients with the benign parotid tumours.
  
  
  METHODS
  The records of benign parotid tumours cases (55 patients), who were treated in 1987-1997 at our hospital, were retrospectively analysed. The operative methods as follows: local excision (20 patients), superficial parotidectomy (28 patients), total parotidectomy (7 patients), facial nerve was anatomied during operation for 35 patients.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The rate of tumour recurrence, partial facial nerve paralysis, parotid gland fistula and Frey's syndroms after operation were 14.6% (8/55), 14.6% (8/55), 7.3% (4/55) and 7.3% (4/55) respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The operation of superficial parotidectomy or total parotidectomy should be perfromed for benign parotid tumour cases, facial nerve should be anatomied during operation, for reducing tumour recurrence and facial nerve paralysis.
authors.affiliation: Department of ENT, Second Affiliated Hospital, Hubei Medical University, Wuhan 430071.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Jian
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000517:prevention & control; D010307:Parotid Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012189:Retrospective Studies