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Benign parotid tumors: A 24‐year experience
Author(s) -
RodriguezBigas Miguel A.,
Sako Kumao,
Razack Mohammed S.,
Shedd Donald P.,
Bakamjian Vahram Y.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
journal of surgical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.201
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1096-9098
pISSN - 0022-4790
DOI - 10.1002/jso.2930460307
Subject(s) - medicine , facial nerve , facial paralysis , surgery , paralysis , pleomorphic adenoma , parotidectomy , parotid gland , salivary gland , pathology
The medical records of 125 patients benign parotid neoplasms surgically treated over a 24‐year period were retrospectively reviewed; 128 tumors were excised. These included 90 pleomorphic adenomas, 33 Warthin's tumors, 3 benign lymphoepitheliomas, and 2 oncocytomas. The surgical procedures consisted of 2 local excisions, 6 enucleations, 88 superficial parotidectomies, 13 subtotal parotidectomies, and 3 radical parotidectomies. The morbidity rate was 49%. There was one total permanent facial nerve paralysis (0.7%), four (3%) partial permanent facial nerve paralysis, five (5%) transient total facial nerve paralysis, and 32 (25%) partial transient facial nerve paralysis. After a median follow‐up of 84 months, there was one recurrence (0.7%). A superficial parotidectomy is the minimum procedure that should be performed for the treatment of a benign parotid neoplasm.