Sialendoscopy for Removal of Salivary Stones

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Watch our video illustrating Sialendoscopy for Removal of 3 very large Salivary Stones

 

Sialendoscopy for Removal of Salivary Stones

 

Parotid gland swelling and inflammation secondary to salivary stones can now be treated with minimally-invasive techniques. The standard treatment for obstructive salivary gland stones is a total parotidectomy. Sialendoscopy allows these obstructive stones, which are causing the gland to be swollen, to be removed non-surgically, avoiding the standard risk associated with parotidectomy such as facial nerve paralysis and facial deformity.

Sialendoscopy involves the use of mini-endoscopes to cannulate the small ducts of the salivary system in search of disease. The most common disease process obstructing the salivary gland duct is a stone or calculi. Once visualized, the stones can be removed by a variety of methods, all of which spare a total parotidectomy. The success rate of the procedure on the parotid gland is over 90%.

To learn more about this innovative technique please contact us today to speak with Dr. Osborne. A phone consultation is free. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain.