BACKGROUND The objective was to identify the risk factors for, and incidence of, facial palsy following conservative parotidectomy. METHODS Conservative parotidectomies for benign diseases (N = 626) were studied retrospectively. The risk factors for postoperative facial palsy were determined by univariate and multivariate analyses of variables related to patient demographics, comorbid illness...

Background: The treatment of benign parotid tumours has shifted from superficial or total parotidectomy to partial parotidectomy in the recent two decade. This study examined whether current surgical techniques improved functional outcomes after surgery for benign parotid tumours. Methods: twenty six patients were assigned randomly to superficial or total parotidectomy (13 patients) and partial...

OBJECTIVE Sensory disturbance due to excision of the great auricular nerve in patients who have undergone parotidectomy sometimes causes discomfort to the patients. In order to reduce the postoperative discomfort of the pinna, we tried to preserve the posterior branch of the great auricular nerve. METHODS Forty patients with parotid tumor were included in this study. Twenty-one of these patie...

OBJECTIVE To assess the clinical presentation and outcome of surgical management of various parotid gland disorders requiring parotidectomy. STUDY DESIGN Case series. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Department of General Surgery, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), Islamabad, from January 2003 to December 2010. METHODOLOGY Patients presenting in surgical OPD with parotid gland diso...

Abstract The case presented here is a delayed reconstruction of facial nerve defect after radical parotidectomy without useful stump at the stylomastoid foramen. A composite free flap was used to reconnect nerve’s intrapetrous portion peripheral branches and reconstruct soft-tissue deficit.