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. 2025 Sep-Oct;91(5):101631.
doi: 10.1016/j.bjorl.2025.101631. Epub 2025 May 14.

Predictive factors for outcomes of sialoendoscopy

Hannah Damasceno Barreto  1 , Jose Higino Steck  2 , Samuel Serpa Steck  3 , Diogo Silva de Carvalho  4 , Carlos Takahiro Chone  2
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Predictive factors for outcomes of sialoendoscopy

Hannah Damasceno Barreto et al. Braz J Otorhinolaryngol. 2025 Sep-Oct.

Abstract

Objectives: We evaluated the epidemiological and clinical factors related to the complications and failure of sialoendoscopy.

Methods: This retrospective study analyzed the medical records of patients who underwent sialoendoscopy between 2010 and 2019.

Results: Of the 174 sialoendoscopies analyzed, 125 (71.8%) were performed in women, and 114 (65.5%), in the parotid gland. The most prevalent complications described were false path (4.59%) and restenosis (2.30%). Complications in the submandibular gland were 3.43 times more common than those in the parotid gland and procedures in that gland were less successful (86.7% vs. 91.2%). Sialolithiasis treatment was most strongly associated with complications and failure then the other groups.

Conclusion: Sialoendoscopy has uncommon and limited complications. Procedures in the submandibular gland and for sialolithiasis treatment were more likely to result in complications and recurrences.

Keywords: Sialadenitis; Sialoendoscopy; Sialolithiasis.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of competing interest The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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Success rate of sialoendoscopy by groups. Source: Original research results.
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