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Salivary duct lithiasis is a condition characterized by the obstruction of a salivary gland or its excretory duct due to the formation of calcareous concretions or sialoliths resulting in salivary...
Salivary gland obstruction excluding neoplastic cause is the most common complaint affecting this organ, and it is usually due to sialadenitis, salivary stones, stenosis, inflammatory, or autoimmune etiology. Traditionally, when...
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Traditionally, the treatment of choice for submandibular calculi that lie in the proximal duct or gland parenchyme has been sialadenectomy despite its risk. Recently, minimally invasive techniques...
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Sialendoscopy was introduced with favorable results in the management of salivary duct stones. We recently attempted this new procedure to diagnose and remove sialoliths for the first...
Chung IK, Kim JR, Kim UK, Shin SH, Kim YD, Byun JH, Park BW, Jang WS
KMID: 2400603
J Korean Assoc Oral Maxillofac Surg.
2004 Dec;30(6):545-550.
Salivary glands, major and minor, are susceptible to a wide variety of pathologic conditions. Excision of the submandibular gland is a surgical procedure often undertaken. The procedure is the treatment...