Results: All patients presented with an asymptomatic parotid mass. Initial treatment in 7 patients included total parotidectomy (n=3), superficial parotidectomy (n=3), transoral enucleation (n=1), and supraomohyoid neck dissection (n=1). Four patients required additional surgical procedures because of a close and/or positive margin, including revision parotidectomy (n=2), total parotidectomy (n...

BACKGROUND Parotidectomy is one of the most commonly performed procedures by otorhinolaryngologists. Traditionally dissection is performed with a combination of a steel scalpel and bipolar cautery; however, starting in the early 2000s, the Harmonic scalpel has provided an alternative method for dissection and hemostasis. The purpose of this study is to compare operative time, blood loss, compli...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS A variety of techniques have been proposed for reconstruction of the parotidectomy defect. We reviewed our experience with free abdominal fat transfer (FAT) graft reconstruction of parotidectomy defects for benign and malignant disease. METHODS The medical records of patients who underwent parotidectomy for benign or malignant disease from 2007 to 2015 were retrospective...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the presentation, imaging characteristics and treatment outcome of pleomorphic adenoma of the parotid in the pediatric population. DESIGN Retrospective study with institutional review board approval. SETTING Tertiary care pediatric medical center. METHODS An extensive review of medical records with regard to presentation, imaging, histopathology, complication, recurr...

BACKGROUND Parotid metastases from cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (CSCC) are associated with poor prognosis. However, the incidence of occult parotid lymph node metastases in high-risk CSCC is unclear. Therefore, the role of elective parotidectomy is still controversial. The purpose of the present study was to analyze the value of elective parotidectomy in patients with high-risk CSCC. PAT...

background: the most common neoplasm of the salivary glands is pleomorphic adenoma and the most common complications of its surgical removal are facial nerve dysfunction (temporary or permanent) and auriculotemporal syndrome (frey’s syndrome). one of the surgical techniques in pleomorphic adenoma is partial parotidectomy. the whole excised tumor is surrounded by a safety margin of parotid tissu...

A total of 268 patients were treated for parotid gland lesions at department of Head and Neck Surgery of Latvian Oncological Center between 1996 and 2000, and the results were analyzed retrospectively. The objective was to analyze the incidence and factors associated with facial nerve dysfunction after different types of parotidectomies with facial nerve dissection and to compare the changing a...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the surgical results of pediatric parotid gland masses with specific attention to complications. METHODS A retrospectively review of medical records n=21 aged one to 18 years who underwent parotidectomy at Doernbecher Children's Hospital, Portland, Oregon, USA from 1993 to 2003. The exclusion criteria were as follows; age above 18 years, incision and drainage of parotid ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the use of an allogenic acellular dermal matrix (ADM) as an interpositional graft to prevent Frey's syndrome after parotidectomy. METHOD We studied a total of 168 patients with benign parotid gland tumours, including 89 patients with pleomorphic adenoma; 45 with Warthin tumour; 17 with basal cell adenoma; and 17 with miscellaneous tumours. The patients were divided into ...

BACKGROUND/AIMS The sternocleidomastoid (SCM) partial thickness muscle flap is among the various methods described to correct parotidectomy defects, but its indications and limitations are not clearly demonstrated in several reports. This study was done to test the aesthetic outcome of this method, its indications and limitations. The technique was combined with a face lift incision to further ...