This Article  • References  • Full text PDF  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Citing articles on HighWire  • Citing articles on Web of Science (13)  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in this journal  Social Bookmarking   What's this?

Preservation of Facial Nerve and Prevention of Postoperative Fistulas

DANKO RIESSNER, M.D.

AMA Arch Surg. 1952;65(6):831-848.

	Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text PDF and any section headings.

WHEN OPERATING in the region of the parotid gland, the surgeon encounters three fundamental difficulties: (1) the face is a delicate cosmetic region, (2) the facial nerve is very liable to lesions, and (3) there always exists the possibility of postoperative (post-traumatic) fistulas of the parotid gland. Accordingly, he faces three hazards in this region: (1) scar, (2) palsy of the facial nerve, and (3) stubborn fistulas of the parotid gland.

Furthermore, in the region of the parotid gland the surgeon encounters tumors representing an especially interesting oncological problem, tumors which make the whole clinical procedure exceedingly complicated. Tumors appear here which, to date, have not been systematized by the pathologist. Clinicians, for their part, are making every effort to clarify the differential diagnosis of the tumors in question, particularly because tuberculous lymphadenitis of this region and sialolithiasis, with its complications, are hard to distinguish clinically from true tumors. Helpful . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
ZAGREB, YUGOSLAVIA

Dr. Riessner is chief of the Surgical Division, Medical Faculty of Zagreb.

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter     What's this?