Journal Reviews

Clinical histopathology of 250 parotidectomy patients

9 June 2020 | | Maxillofacial Surgery | OMFS, fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC), oral and maxillofacial surgery, parotid gland tumour, parotidectomy, salivary gland

This is a retrospective study of 250 consecutive parotidectomy patients at units in Belgium and the Netherlands. The sensitivity and specificity of FNAC was 64% and 99% respectively. The sensitivity being slightly lower than the often quoted 80%. MRI and...

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...