[Sialoendoscopy: a new alternative for the treatment of salivary pathology. Our experience]. / Sialoendoscopia: una nueva alternativa en el tratamiento de la patología salival. Nuestra experiencia.

OBJECTIVES: Sialoendoscopy is a procedure used to visualize the salivary ducts and their pathology. It can be used either as a diagnostic method to rule out inflammatory processes in the parotid and submandibular glands (diagnostic sialoendoscopy) or to treat pathological areas (stenosis, extract foreign bodies or sialolithiasis) through the use of appropriate instruments (interventionist sialoendoscopy). We attempt to prove a declining rate of salivary gland excision. PATIENTS AND METHOD: Sialoendoscopy was performed in 8 patients. RESULTS: Of these, 50 % of patients were diagnosed as having sialolithiasis and the other 50 % had chronic sialoadenitis. In patients with sialolithiasis, sialoendoscopy allowed the extraction of the calculus in two patients (50 %). In the remainder, sialoendoscopy provided confirmation of the diagnosis in all cases. CONCLUSIONS: Sialoendoscopy is a new technique for use in the diagnosis, treatment and post-operative management of sialolithiasis, sialoadenitis and other salivary gland pathologies.

Sialoendoscopia: una nueva alternativa en el tratamiento de la patología salival. Nuestra experiencia / Sialoendoscopy: a new alternative for the treatment of salivary pathology. Our experience

Objetivos: La sialoendoscopia es un procedimiento cuya finalidad es visualizar los conductos salivales y sus procesos patológicos. Se utiliza como método diagnóstico, para descartar procesos inflamatorios de las glándulas (sialoendoscopia diagnóstica) y para tratar áreas patológicas (estenosis, retirar cuerpos extraños o cálculos), mediante instrumental (sialoendoscopia intervencionista). Queremos mostrar la disminución de extirpación glandular. Pacientes y método: Se estudia a 8 pacientes intervenidos con sialoendoscopia. Resultados: En el 50 % se trataba de sialolitiasis y en el otro 50 %, de sialodenitis crónica. En las sialolitiasis la sialoendoscopia intervencionista permitió extraer el cálculo en 2 (50 %) casos. En el resto la sialoendoscopia permitió confirmar el diagnóstico en todos los casos. Conclusiones: La sialoendoscopia es un nueva técnica que nos permite diagnosticar, tratar y hacer un adecuado seguimiento de las sialodenitis, sialolitiasis y otras afecciones glandulares

Objectives: Sialoendoscopy is a procedure used to visualize the salivary ducts and their pathology. It can be used either as a diagnostic method to rule out inflammatory processes in the parotid and submandibular glands (diagnostic sialoendoscopy) or to treat pathological areas (stenosis, extract foreign bodies or sialolithiasis) through the use of appropriate instruments (interventionist sialoendoscopy). We attempt to prove a declining rate of salivary gland excision. Patients and method: Sialoendoscopy was performed in 8 patients. Results: Of these, 50 % of patients were diagnosed as having sialolithiasis and the other 50 % had chronic sialoadenitis. In patients with sialolithiasis, sialoendoscopy allowed the extraction of the calculus in two patients (50 %). In the remainder, sialoendoscopy provided confirmation of the diagnosis in all cases. Conclusions: Sialoendoscopy is a new technique for use in the diagnosis, treatment and post-operative management of sialolithiasis, sialoadenitis and other salivary gland pathologies