title: Chronic obstructive parotitis due to strictures of Stenson's duct--our treatment experience with sialoendoscopy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The present retrospective analysis was performed to assess the effectiveness of sialoendoscopic treatment of chronic obstructive parotitis.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study group included 87 parotid glands with stricture as the only cause of gland obstruction. After sialographic and sialoendoscopic evaluation, sialoendoscopic 4-step surgical treatments were performed. The treatment protocol was designed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Sialoendoscopy proved to be a successful procedure in 94.7% of the affected parotid glands we treated.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The minimally invasive technique of sialoendoscopy for treatment of strictures of the salivary glands could be a welcome innovation, helping to avoid radical surgical treatment of salivary gland disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Rambam Medical Center, Technion Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel. surgeryc@gmail.com
authors.forename: Leon
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ardekian
authors.forename: Dror
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Shamir
authors.forename: Meara
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Trabelsi
authors.forename: Micha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Peled
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000150:complications; D004724:Endoscopy; D006801:Humans; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D010309:Parotitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D018987:Salivary Ducts / Q000473:pathology*; D012796:Sialography