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Subtotal Parotidectomy: A 10‐Year Review (1985 to 1994)
Author(s) -
Helmus Christian
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1097/00005537-199708000-00003
Subject(s) - medicine , parotidectomy , surgery , facial nerve , margin (machine learning) , resection , resection margin , machine learning , computer science
A subtotal parotidectomy is a conservative resection in which less than a superficial lobectomy is performed and less than a full facial nerve is dissected. From 1985 to 1994, 146 subtotal parotidectomies were performed for a variety of benign and limited, low‐grade malignant tumors. The procedure is based on the premises that adequate margins are necessary, that the procedure can be terminated when these margins are obtained, and that the true margin is usually the tumor‐to‐nerve margin. For selective neoplasms the subtotal parotidectomy has many advantages with results that equal or surpass the classic superficial lobectomy.