Sialendoscopy is a minimally invasive procedure that can treat certain salivary gland disorders. It offers advantages over open surgery but is not appropriate for all salivary gland issues.

A sialendoscopy is a minimally invasive procedure that a surgeon can use to diagnose and treat a variety of issues with the salivary glands. The salivary glands produce saliva and pass it into the ...

If you suffer from salivary gland stones, you know how irritating they can be. The standard treatment is surgery, which can be risky and leave a huge scar. For a teenage girl, that can be emotionally ...

Sialendoscopy has transformed the management of obstructive and inflammatory disorders of the major salivary glands by offering minimally invasive visualisation and intervention within the ductal ...

Sialendoscopy is a miniinvasive procedure which shows the excretory ducts of the salivary glands. To evaluate patient satisfaction with sialendoscopy in submandibular and parotid gland sialolithiasis.

It often begins in the most ordinary way—someone sits down to enjoy a meal and suddenly feels a sharp swelling under the jaw or near the ear. The pain intensifies with every bite, creating a strange ...

Sialoliths can be removed by sialendoscopy in some cases. But sometimes it fails if the stone is located in the proximal or hilum of Wharton's duct. To evaluate the clinical efficacy of the ...

M. Boyd Gillespie, MD, MSc, board-certified otolaryngologist and sleep medicine physician with the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, focuses a large portion of his practice on ...