Technical report: Interventional sialography — Balloon dilatation of a stensen's duct stricture using digital subtraction sialography

Per Oral Balloon Sialoplasty: Results in the Treatment of Salivary Duct Stenosis

“…Previous reports have described the use of an embolectomy catheter [13], Dormia stone retrieval basket [14], and wire loop snares [9,15] to remove submandibular duct stones, and coronary angioplasty balloon catheters to successfully remove parotid duct stones [6,16]. To the best of our knowledge, two studies of balloon dilatation of parotid duct stenosis [8,17] and no cases of balloon dilatation of submandibular duct stenosis have been reported outside our own experience [6,7,9].…”

“…In our own initial experience, Buckenham et al [7] described the first parotid duct dilatation using a 3-mm coronary angioplasty balloon catheter following a papillotomy under local anesthesia to facilitate passage of the balloon. Digital subtraction imaging provided superior diagnostic information over conventional sialography [18] and facilitated sialographic intervention [9].…”

“…Balloon sialoplasty (BSP) under fluoroscopic guidance is a recent nonsurgical method of relieving obstruction caused by salivary duct stenosis. There have been several reports of balloon dilatation of parotid duct stricture with limited follow-up [6][7][8][9], but there are no reported cases of balloon dilatation of submandibular duct stenosis outside our own experience [9].…”

Sialodochoplasty in the treatment of salivary-duct stricture in chronic sialoadenitis: technique and results

“…Ad oggi, il trattamento chirurgico convenzionale è indicato nei casi in cui l'approccio conservativo non porta a remissione della sintomatologia ostruttiva [1,5] infatti nuove tecniche endoluminali sono state proposte nel trattamento della patologia ostruttiva dei dotti salivari [12]. La scialodocoplastica interventistica e la scialodocoplastica endoscopica, sono state recentemente proposte da alcuni autori per il trattamento delle stenosi duttali [2,13] [14,15]. La tecnica è stata poi riportata da altri autori nel trattamento di singoli casi [16][17][18][19].…”

“…Buckenham et al were the first to propose the technique in 1992. They described their first fluoroscopy-guided ductal dilatation achieved by inserting a coronary angioplasty catheter with a 3-mm balloon under local anaesthesia after papillotomy [14,15]. This first report was followed by reports of single cases by other authors [16][17][18][19].…”