Objective: Botulinum neurotoxin type A (BoNT/A) shows effective in the treatment of sialorrhea. The purpose of this study was to investigate the long-term morphological and functional effects of BoNT/A on…
Background: Epidemiological studies proved the correlation between the type 2 diabetes and the incidence of different malignancies. Type 2 diabetes and the obesity can influence the structure and the function…
Purpose: The aim of this study was to clinically evaluate the application of superficial temporal fascia (STF) as inter positioning barrier between the overlying skin flap and the parotid bed…
Objective: In this retrospective study we want to present our long term results in the treatment of SACC. Materials and methods: 47 patients treated at the University Clinic for Cranio-Maxillofacial…
160 patients with chronic diseases of parotis were examined (age between 25 and 75 years). Clinical data: All patients were divided into 3 groups: 1. Sialozis – 24 patients. 2….
Benign tumours represent the most often histopathological finding regarding the pathology of parotid gland. Regarding localization and size of tumours, two surgical methods are in use nowadays: parotidectomy and tumour…
A review of 270 parotid gland excisions performed at the Maxillofacial Surgery Department of University Hospital Center of Coimbra over a 10 year period is presented. The medical record of…
An accessory parotid gland is located preauricular buccal area and it’s duct is separated from main duct of parotid gland. Tumours arised from accessory parotid gland is not so often,…
We present a case of a parapharyngeal tumour whose preoperative study suggested that it was a neuroendocrine tumour but the final pathologic analysis revealed a pleomorphic adenoma. A female patient…
The first bite syndrome occurs due to a damage of sympathetic innervation to the parotid gland that results in denervation supersensitivity of myoepithetlial cell sympathetic receptors. A supramaximal response by…
