Journal Reviews

Extracapsular dissection versus parotidectomy

9 June 2020 | | Maxillofacial Surgery | benign parotid tumour, extracapsular dissection, literature review, superficial parotidectomy

This is a literature review of 16 papers using the PRISMA protocol. In comparing the two techniques, not surprisingly, they found that the extracapsular dissection had a reduced facial nerve paralysis, Frey syndrome and operation time but also a reduced...