Interventional Sialendoscopy
- 14 October 1999
- journal article
- letter
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 341 (16) , 1242-1243
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199910143411620
Abstract
Obstruction of the salivary ducts is one of the main causes of sialadenitis. The principal diagnostic tool for disorders of the salivary duct is sialography, a procedure requiring high doses of radiation. Interventional sialendoscopy is a new procedure for visualizing the salivary ducts and treating their abnormalities. Attempts have been made to visualize salivary stones1 and to destroy them by internal2 or external3 lithotripsy. These techniques required many sessions, and stone fragments were removed blindly.Keywords
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