SUPERFICALAL PAROTEDECTOMY FOR SIALECTASIS A MORBIDITY STUDY.

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  • John A Southam

Abstract

The  initial  management  for  sialectasia  affecting  the  parotid  gland  is  conservative,  but  the  presence  of  a  persistent  mass  or  intractable  pain  are  accepted  indications  for  surgical  intervention. I compared  the  long  term  morbidity  associated  with  superficia  parotedectomy  in  patients  suffering  with  sialectasia  with  those  who  underwent  the  same  operation  for  benign  tumour,  with  a  5-20 year  follow up. In  all  185  patients  were  studied  and  the  results  show  that  operations  for  sialectasia,  although  few  in  number,  carry  a  higher  complication  rate (70%  overall)  compared  with  those  for  tumours  (22%  overall ; P <0.001).

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A Southam J. SUPERFICALAL PAROTEDECTOMY FOR SIALECTASIS A MORBIDITY STUDY. SRIMEDJ [Internet]. 2013 Nov. 20 [cited 2024 Apr. 28];11(4):237-40. Available from: https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/SRIMEDJ/article/view/13947

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