title: Impact of lateral parotidectomy for benign tumors on quality of life.
abstract: CONCLUSIONS
  This study supports the use of lateral parotidectomy as a safe and standardized type of surgery for benign parotid gland disease.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To assess quality of life in patients with benign salivary gland tumors who underwent lateral parotidectomy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifty-one patients suffering from benign parotid gland disease were included in this prospective study. Using the EORTC QLQ-C30 and EORTC-QLQ-H&N35 questionnaire, surgery-affected changes in quality of life were assessed in 34 patients who completed this survey.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Overall results show no alterations in quality of life 1 year after lateral parotidectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany. dirk.beutner@uni-koeln.de
authors.forename: Dirk
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Beutner
authors.forename: Claus
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wittekindt
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dinh
authors.forename: Karl-Bernd
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Huttenbrink
authors.forename: Orlando
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Guntinas-Lichius
mesh_terms: D000235:Adenolymphoma / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery*; D000236:Adenoma / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery*; D008949:Adenoma, Pleomorphic / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010306:Parotid Gland / Q000601:surgery*; D010307:Parotid Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires