title: Recent advances in the management of salivary gland disease.
abstract: The management of salivary gland disease forms a considerable part of the work done by oral and maxillofacial surgeons. Fast track and one-stop head and neck lump clinics allow for early diagnosis of salivary gland tumours in most units, the emphasis being on outcome after operation for benign disease. There have been limited advances in salivary gland surgery in recent years. Most recent publications have compared outcome of new methods of treatment with conventional techniques. This article reviews papers related to diseases of the salivary glands published in the British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (BJOMS) over a two-year period (2007-2008), and includes other relevant articles to bring readers up to date about salivary gland disease.
authors: Maxillofacial Unit, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth, United Kingdom.
authors: Kishore
authors: K
authors: Shekar
authors: Mark
authors: M
authors: Singh
authors: Daryl
authors: D
authors: Godden
authors: Roberto
authors: R
authors: Puxeddu
authors: Peter A
authors: PA
authors: Brennan
mesh_terms: D005154:Facial Nerve / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D015494:Salivary Gland Calculi / Q000601:surgery; D012466:Salivary Gland Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D012468:Salivary Gland Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*