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If you suffer from salivary gland stones, you know how irritating they can be. The standard treatment is surgery, which can be risky and leave a huge scar. For a teenage girl, that can be emotionally ...

Sialendoscopy is a miniinvasive procedure which shows the excretory ducts of the salivary glands. To evaluate patient satisfaction with sialendoscopy in submandibular and parotid gland sialolithiasis.

M. Boyd Gillespie, MD, MSc, board-certified otolaryngologist and sleep medicine physician with the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, focuses a large portion of his practice on ...

This procedure involves the use of a flexible tube (endoscope) to enter and visualise a salivary gland, to remove stones which can block the gland. The National Institute for Health and Clinical ...

Salivary gland disorders encompass a range of conditions, including inflammatory diseases, obstructions due to sialolithiasis and stenosis, and autoimmune-associated dysfunction. These disorders can ...

Stensen's duct injuries are uncommon but troublesome sequelae of facial surgery or other external traumas. To investigate the feasibility of sialendoscopic control of Stensen's duct in iatrogenic ...

Cook Medical (Bloomington, Indiana) reported that it has launched a suite of salivary duct products that could advance the sialendoscopy procedures. The applications offer minimally invasive options ...

The woman was suffering from recurrent attacks of pain and swelling of the right-sided parotid gland (saliva producing) after having food or drink . Doctors at a Delhi hospital operated on a ...

A 66-year-old Iraqi woman got a new lease of life after undergoing an operation at a hospital in Delhi for removal of 53 stones from her salivary duct and gland, doctors said today. The recent surgery ...

Evidence-based recommendations on therapeutic sialendoscopy. This involves using a flexible tube to enter the salivary gland, and visualise and remove the stone. This guidance represents the view of ...