Sialendoscopy for sialodocholithiasis following submandibular gland excision: six variations on a theme

Evaluation of Sialendoscopy-Assisted Treatment of Submandibular Gland Stones.

PURPOSE The aim of the present study was to evaluate the therapeutic efficiency of sialendoscopy-assisted operations in the treatment of submandibular gland stones. MATERIALS AND METHODS The data from 8 patients with sialolithiasis who underwent sialendoscopy from August 2015 to January 2016 at the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Stomatology, China Medical University (...

Transoral excision of the submandibular gland.

100% of patients avoided a neck scar, corresponding to zero conversions; length of operative procedures average 95minutes, ranging from 45-190 minutes;1 transient tongue paresthesias ( resolved in 3wks), 79% of patients had limitation in tongue movements (up to the 3rd postoperative day), 0 hypoglossal nerve dysfunction, 0 facial nerve dysfunction; hospital stay averaged 36 hours,2 patients sta...

Surgical complications of submandibular gland excision.

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES Submandibular gland excision is the treatment of choice in chronic pathology resistant to medical treatments or in oncological cases. The aim of this study was to analyse its current postoperative complications. MATERIAL & METHODS Retrospective study on submandibular gland excisions performed at our University Hospital between 2004 and 2010. RESULTS A total of 29...

Variations on a theme.

A ring satisfying x = x is necessarily commutative. We consider a variety of weaker forms of this condition and show that many but not all of them imply commutativity. We also present a variety of elementary proofs of the fact that x = x implies commutativity.

Variations on a Theme