Chronic obstructive parotitis due to strictures of Stenson's duct--our treatment experience with sialoendoscopy.
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.
Ardekian
Leon
L
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Rambam Medical Center, Technion Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel. surgeryc@gmail.com
Shamir
Dror
D
Trabelsi
Meara
M
Peled
Micha
M
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