TY - JOUR
T1 - Submandibular gland function following transoral sialolithectomy
AU - van den Akker, H. P.
AU - Busemann-Sokole, E.
PY - 1983
Y1 - 1983
N2 - Conflicting views exist with regard to surgical treatment of a salivary stone in the knee of the submandibular duct, the options being excision of the submandibular gland and transoral removal of the stone. The key question in this dispute is whether or not a gland with a stone in this position has suffered irreparable functional damage. To determine the extent of glandular recovery after transoral sialolithectomy, a clinical and scintigraphic study has been carried out in a consecutive series of twenty-one patients. The results show a return to normal function in the vast majority of these patients, which indicates that transoral removal of the stone is the treatment of choice
AB - Conflicting views exist with regard to surgical treatment of a salivary stone in the knee of the submandibular duct, the options being excision of the submandibular gland and transoral removal of the stone. The key question in this dispute is whether or not a gland with a stone in this position has suffered irreparable functional damage. To determine the extent of glandular recovery after transoral sialolithectomy, a clinical and scintigraphic study has been carried out in a consecutive series of twenty-one patients. The results show a return to normal function in the vast majority of these patients, which indicates that transoral removal of the stone is the treatment of choice
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1016/0030-4220(83)90341-9
DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/0030-4220(83)90341-9
M3 - Article
C2 - 6579472
SN - 0030-4220
VL - 56
SP - 351
EP - 356
JO - Oral surgery, oral medicine, and oral pathology
JF - Oral surgery, oral medicine, and oral pathology
IS - 4
ER -