Parotidectomy for parotid tumours: 19-year experience from the Netherlands

Abstract

A total of 150 patients were treated for parotid tumours over a period of 19 years. In 94 per cent superficial or total parotidectomy was performed. Histological diagnosis of the resected specimen revealed pleomorphic adenoma in 92 patients (61 per cent), Whartin's tumour in 30 (20 per cent), various benign neoplasms in 11 (7 per cent) and malignant tumour in 17 (11 per cent). After a mean follow-up of 7.7 years, no recurrence of a benign tumour was seen. Malignant tumours recurred in five patients. Permanent partial facial paralysis was seen in 4 per cent of patients after surgery for benign lesions. Frey's syndrome was observed in 43 per cent of patients, and was not prevented by resection of the auriculotemporal nerve.

A clinicopathological study on morphological pattern and management of parotid tumours: a multicentric experience

“…Incidence of parotid tumour is approximately 2.4/100,000/ year [8]. The mean age of presentation in our study was comparable with other series [9,10].…”

WITHDRAWN: Comparison of the effect of total conservative parotidectomy versus superficial parotidectomy in management of benign parotid gland tumor: A systematic review

“…Five studies (Martis, 1983;Corcione and Califano, 1990;Federspil et al, 1994;Van Hee et al, 1996;Marchesi et al, 2006) were judged to be at high risk of bias and 8 studies (Debets and Munting, 1992;Laskawi et al, 1996;Leverstein et al, 1997;Rehberg et al, 1998;Valentini et al, 2001;Guntinas-Lichius et al, 2004;Zernial et al, 2007;Riad et al, 2011) were considered at moderate risk of bias.…”

The Role of Extracapsular Dissection for Benign Parotid Tumors

“…Permanent facial nerve dysfunction is reported in 0-4 % of cases following facial nerve dissection procedures [45][46][47]. A meta-analysis showed twice the chance of permanent facial nerve dysfunction with ECD compared with superficial parotidetomy and a three times higher chance following total parotidectomy compared to superficial parotidectomy [1].…”