These are the most common types of treatment for salivary gland cancer: Surgery Radiation therapy Chemotherapy Huntsman Cancer Institute’s Head and Neck Cancers Program provides comprehensive, ...

Special Scalpel Reduces Blood Loss, Facial Nerve Trauma In Salivary Surgery Date: June 29, 2005 Source: Medical College Of Georgia Summary: A harmonic scalpel that uses ultrasound to coagulate as ...

The major salivary glands produce approximately one quart of saliva each day, which in turn plays a crucial role in food digestion, swallowing, speech, and protection of teeth against bacteria and ...

In those cases, up until about five or 10 years ago, our only option was to perform surgery under full anesthesia to remove the entire salivary gland. Now, we’re able to take an endoscopic approach.

CHICAGO - U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush successfully underwent a surgery to remove a cancerous tumor from a salivary gland and was scheduled to recover at home for several weeks, officials ...

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (2017). [4] A gland-sparing, intraoral sialolithotomy approach for hilar and intraparenchymal multiple stones in the submandibular gland.

The incidence of benign tumor of any major salivary gland and that of the parotid salivary gland was higher in the CUD group than in the non-CUD group (0.08 vs 0.02% and 0.05 vs 0.01%, respectively).