title: [Intraoral submandibular gland excision and how to deal with external maxillary artery].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the feasibility and safety of intraoral submandibular gland excision.
  
  
  METHODS
  Analyze the relationship between the external maxillary artery and submandibular gland, and offer a reliable anatomical base for 10 cases of intraoral submandibular gland excision, including 8 cases of chronic sialadenitis, 1 case of pleomorphic adenoma and 1 case of cyst of submandibular gland.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The external maxillary artery went across the surface of gland submandibular, and its branches provided nutrition for the gland in most cases. The results of 10 cases intraoral submandibular gland excision were effective and satisfied, without major complications. The average time of operation was 50 minutes and the average hemorrhage of operation was 60 ml.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Intraoral submandibular gland excision is safe and feasible for chronic sialadenitis and cyst of submandibular gland and some of benign tumor submandibular gland as long as indications strictly controlled and the external maxillary artery well coped with.
authors.affiliation: Centre of Oral and Craniomallofacial Surgery, Second Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510120, China.
authors.forename: Hong-Zhang
authors.initials: HZ
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Zhi-Quan
authors.initials: ZQ
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Xiao-Peng
authors.initials: XP
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008438:Maxillary Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012793:Sialadenitis / Q000601:surgery; D013363:Submandibular Gland / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000601:surgery*; D013364:Submandibular Gland Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D013365:Submandibular Gland Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult