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Interventional sialography: a single-center experience.

R P Davies·A M Whyte·C L Lui
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PURPOSE: To evaluate interventional sialography for the treatment of chronic recurrent sialadenitis due to calculus and/or stricture. METHODS: We performed a retrospective review and follow-up of 12 patients treated over a 3-year period. The techniques for calculus extraction by papillotomy and basket extraction, and stricture dilatation by a combination of predilation with lacrimal dilators and then angioplasty balloons are described and the literature is reviewed. RESULTS: Follow-up of 1-40 months (mean 14.6 months) showed that 7 of 12 patients remained symptom free and 2 others became asymptomatic after an interval. There were no major complications from the procedure. CONCLUSION: Interventional sialography is a safe and acceptable alternative to surgery and can be considered as first-line therapy for symptomatic salivary duct calculus and stricture.

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CatheterizationConstriction, PathologicFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedRadiography, InterventionalRecurrenceRetrospective StudiesSalivary Duct CalculiSalivary DuctsSialadenitisSialographyJournal Article

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R P Davies, A M Whyte, C L Lui. Interventional sialography: a single-center experience.. https://doi.org/10.1007/s002709900163

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