Sialendoscopy for Patients with Radioiodine-Induced Sialadenitis and Xerostomia

Clinical outcomes and prognostic factors of sialendoscopy in salivary duct stenosis

“…The parotid duct is reportedly the site of 75% of all stenoses of the salivary ducts, and these cause approximately 15% to 25% of all unclear salivary gland diseases . Since the introduction of sialendoscopy into clinical practice, sialendoscopy has been applied to the treatment of salivary stenosis, with therapeutic success rates of 76.8% to 92.0% reported for sialendoscopic procedures . In our study, the success rate of sialendoscopic procedures for salivary stenosis was similar at 85.1%.…”

“…Treatment of salivary stenosis has been considered a surgical challenge for many years. With recent technological advances of sialendoscopic procedures, sialendoscopy is now suggested as the first‐line therapy for patients with salivary duct stenosis . Sialendoscopy facilitates diagnostic and therapeutic procedures for managing duct stenosis of SGs with minimal invasiveness and is useful for assessing the causes of obstruction of SG ducts .…”

Sialadenitis without sialolithiasis: Prospective outcomes after sialendoscopy‐assisted salivary duct surgery

“…After sialolithiasis, salivary duct stenosis is the second most common cause of obstructive sialadenitis, with stenoses most often involving the parotid gland . In previous studies of ductal stenosis, 22% of sialendoscopies were successful but depended on the location and severity of stenosis .…”

Salivary duct stenosis: Short‐term symptom outcomes after sialendoscopy‐assisted salivary duct surgery

“…Sialadenitis due to stenosis occurs in one‐quarter of all obstructive sialadenitis cases and in up to 69% of sialadenitis without a known cause . Salivary duct strictures and stenoses can be a result of scar formation, intraductal trauma, or inflammation of the salivary glands.…”