title: Feasibility of an endoscopic approach to the submandibular neck region--experimental and clinical results.
abstract: We have investigated the feasibility of an exclusively endoscopic approach to the submandibular region in four pigs, four cadavers and two women. We inflated the subplatysmal space with carbon dioxide at low pressure. The submandibular gland and the jugulodigastric region were easy to identify once the correct anatomical space had been dissected and inflated. Four endoscopic resections of the submandibular gland were done successfully.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital Erlangen-Nuremberg, Glückstrasse 11, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany. kessler@imed.mkg.uni-erlangen.de
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kessler
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bloch-Birkholz
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Birkholz
authors.forename: F W
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: Neukam
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002102:Cadaver; D016145:Endoscopy, Digestive System / Q000379:methods*; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009333:Neck / Q000601:surgery*; D009334:Neck Muscles / Q000601:surgery; D012793:Sialadenitis / Q000601:surgery; D013363:Submandibular Gland / Q000601:surgery*; D013364:Submandibular Gland Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D013552:Swine