Outcomes of interventional sialendoscopy for obstructive salivary gland disorders: an Italian multicentre study

Interventional sialendoscopy has become the predominant therapeutic procedure for the management of obstructive salivary disorders, but only a few multicentre studies of large series of patients with a long-term follow-up have been published. This Italian multicentre study involved 1152 patients (55...

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Published inActa otorhino-laryngologica italica Vol. 36; no. 6; pp. 479 - 485
Main Authors Gallo, A, Capaccio, P, Benazzo, M, De Campora, L, De Vincentiis, M, Farneti, P, Fusconi, M, Gaffuri, M, Lo Russo, F, Martellucci, S, Ottaviani, F, Pagliuca, G, Paludetti, G, Pasquini, E, Pignataro, L, Puxeddu, R, Rigante, M, Scarano, E, Sionis, S, Speciale, R, Canzi, P
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Italy Pacini Editore SRL 01.12.2016
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Child
Child, Preschool
Endoscopy
Female
Humans
Italy
Male
Middle Aged
Retrospective Studies
Salivary Duct Calculi - surgery
Salivary Gland
Sialadenitis - surgery
Treatment Outcome
Young Adult
Endoscopic surgery
Multicentre study
Salivary glands
Sialolithiasis
Sialendoscopy
Salivary ducts
Sialoadenitis
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Summary:Interventional sialendoscopy has become the predominant therapeutic procedure for the management of obstructive salivary disorders, but only a few multicentre studies of large series of patients with a long-term follow-up have been published. This Italian multicentre study involved 1152 patients (553 females; mean age 50 years) who, after at least a clinical and ultrasonographic evaluation, underwent a total of 1342 diagnostic and interventional sialendoscopies, 44.6% of which involved the parotid gland. 12% (n = 138) of patients underwent multiple treatments. The procedure was successful in 1309 cases. In 33 cases (2.4%) the procedure could not be concluded mainly because of complete duct stenosis (21 cases). Salivary stones were the main cause of obstruction (55%), followed by ductal stenosis and anomalies (16%), mucous plugs (14.5%) and sialodochitis (4.7%). Complete therapeutic success was obtained in 92.5% of patients after one or more procedures, and was ineffective in < 8%. Untoward effects (peri and postoperative complications) were observed in 5.4% of cases. Sialendoscopy proved to be an effective, valid and safe procedure in the diagnostic and therapeutic management of non-neoplastic obstructive salivary gland diseases.
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These authors contributed equally to this article.
ISSN:0392-100X
1827-675X
DOI:10.14639/0392-100X-1221