SS28 - Diagnostic and Interventional Sialendoscopy

During the 1990s and 2000s, it was established sialendoscopy is a reliable and safe technique for the diagnosis and treatment of salivary gland disorders in adults and children. It appeared to be an effective treatment of sialolithiasis, strictures, chronic recurrent parotitis, juvenile recurrent parotitis, traumatic injuries to the parotid duct and other inflammatory disorders of salivary glands. It was postulated that sialendoscopic minimally invasive technique might be a welcome innovation to help avoid radical surgical treatment of salivary gland diseases in parotid and submandibular glands. This session will review the latest developments in the field of salivary gland endoscopy using microendoscopic equipment and techniques, combined endoscopic- and endoscopic-assisted techniques and external lithotripsy. Experience using these techniques on 4,174 patients during two decades will be discussed. This session will present a method of treatment of strictures and other inflammatory conditions of the major salivary glands. Imaging methods before the endoscopic intervention will be presented, and results with the various techniques and complications encountered during procedures will be shared.