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Comparative Study
. 2013 Jul;270(7):2089-93.
doi: 10.1007/s00405-013-2463-7. Epub 2013 Apr 9.

Algorithm changes in treatment of submandibular gland sialolithiasis

Tomasz Kopeć  1 , Małgorzata Wierzbicka, Witold Szyfter, Małgorzata Leszczyńska
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Comparative Study

Algorithm changes in treatment of submandibular gland sialolithiasis

Tomasz Kopeć et al. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2013 Jul.

Abstract

Our research was conducted to determine the algorithm changes during the treatment of submandibular sialolithiasis. Two time periods were compared between 2004-2008 and 2009-2012. The turning point was December 2008, when sialendoscopy procedure was introduced. In the first period, 48 patients were treated: 31 outpatient duct incisions with stone evacuation and 17 surgical excision of submandibular gland. In the second period, 207 sialendoscopy procedures were performed on 197 patients. Out of this particular group, 158 patients were diagnosed with pathological obstruction of salivary glands and 64 of them were confirmed to have sialolithiasis of submandibular gland. Deposits of calcifications in 40 individuals (62.5 %) affected by sialolithiasis were removed endoscopically; however, in 21 patients, due to the increased circumference of the stone, the intimate association of deposits within the wall of the duct along with its presence inside the deep portions of the gland, double approach (incision of the floor of the mouth in hilar area and sialendoscopy) was performed. Three individuals had their salivary glands totally removed due to the presence of calcified deposits within the glandular parenchyma. Our results allow us to affirm that sialendoscopy is the current treatment of choice for submandibular glands affected by sialoliths. Indication for a complete removal of the gland is becoming uncommon as a first line treatment although still indispensable in chosen cases.

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Algorithm of salivary gland obstructive pathology treatment, according to Koch et al
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