This article describes a hitherto undescribed technique of administering local anesthesia to undertake a supt:rtiuial partrtidectomy. The technique is based on precise nerve blocks keeping in mind the regional nerve supply and the facial dermatumes. The advantages of such an anesthesia are, a conscious patient allows identification of the facial nerve and testing the integrity of its branches w...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the incidence of Frey syndrome (auriculotemporal nerve syndrome) after parotidectomy with and without placement of a subcutaneous implant and to examine the relationship between different implants and postoperative wound complications (hematoma, seroma, salivary fistula). DESIGN A prospective nonrandomized controlled trial. SETTING A primary care and referral universit...

OBJECTIVE To ascertain whether parotidectomy could be safely performed in smaller centers. The results of parotid surgery in a smaller center were reviewed and the major outcome measures compared with the results in the English literature from the best-known centers. DESIGN Retrospective analysis of case series comprising 168 consecutive parotid surgical procedures in a district general hospi...

 Abstract We report a 30 year old woman who presented with a painless preauricular mass of two months duration. Superficial parotidectomy was performed for the patient. Histological examination and immunohistochemical findings were in favor of mixed cellularity Hodgkin’s lymphoma (MCHD). According to this diagnosis the patient received local radiotherapy and during 4 months of follow-up no recu...

Objective: To assess the effectiveness of extra-capsular dissection in parotid pleomorphic adenoma as compared to superficial parotidectomy. Material and Method: The study took place over time a year, from January 2021 December at Department General Surgery, Liaquat University Medical Health Sciences. All patients who presented with adenoma, age more than 12 years either gender, were included. ...