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Sialendoscopy and CT navigation assistance in the surgery of sialolithiasis


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Figure 1

Patient, prepared for surgery. With fiducial markers attached to the skin and navigational star on the patient’s forehead (BrainLab, Munchen, Germany).
Patient, prepared for surgery. With fiducial markers attached to the skin and navigational star on the patient’s forehead (BrainLab, Munchen, Germany).

Figure 2

After identifying the skin’s reference point with the stone being visible in the three-axis, the surgical trajectory is checked by the navigation.
After identifying the skin’s reference point with the stone being visible in the three-axis, the surgical trajectory is checked by the navigation.

Figure 3

In case the stone is at least partially sialendoscopically visible, it can represent a backup guidance in a challenging final combined approach.
In case the stone is at least partially sialendoscopically visible, it can represent a backup guidance in a challenging final combined approach.

Figure 4

All stones were removed following the navigational trajectory with a transcutaneous or transoral approach.
All stones were removed following the navigational trajectory with a transcutaneous or transoral approach.

Patients and sialendoscopic operations at the Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Cervicofacial Surgery, University Clinical Center Ljubljana, Slovenia, January 2012 – November 2020

All operations 415 (100%)
Operated salivary ductal Submandibular 273 (66%)
system Parotid 142 (34%)
Local 302 (72.8%)
Anesthesia General 113 (27.2%)
All 372
Male 193 (51.8%)
Patients
Female 179 (48.1%)
Age (average, span − in years) 48 (4−84)
Ultrasound 372 (100%)
Mandibular occlusal radiography 17 (4.6%)
Radiology diagnostics CT 143 (38.4%)
MR sialography 8 (2.2%)
X-ray sialography 2 (0.5 %)
All 247
The type of interventional Salivary stone extraction 178
procedure Stricture dilatation 69
Stent insertion (after stricture dilatation or stone extraction) 145

Sialendoscopy-assisted transcutaneous salivary stone extractions with or without the use of navigation at the Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Cervicofacial Surgery, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia

Gland / Stone extraction outcome Parotid gland Submandibular gland Total
Successful 4 6 10
Successful (with navigation) 2 3 5
Successful last attempt wire basket retrieval (transcutaneous approach failed) 1 1
Total 6 10 16

Sialendoscopy and navigation-assisted combined approach procedures at the Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Cervicofacial Surgery November 2019 – November 2020

Patient (years) Age Sex History Site Stone palpability Stone location Stone visibility Fixation Approach Stone size (millimeters) Final depth reached with sialendoscope (millimeters) Follow-up
1 67 F Acute abscess formation Left parotid No Within the abscess cavity Not visible - Transcutaneous sialendoscopy- assisted 5 (SPH) 72 Without complaints 14 months
2 46 M Advanced sialolithiasis Right submandibular No 55 millimetres depth Partially visible Fixed Transcutaneous sialendoscopy- assisted 10 (SPH) 60 Without complaints 12 months
3 60 F Persisting swelling Right parotid No 45 millimetres depth Partially visible Fixed Transcutaneous sialendoscopy- assisted 7 x 4 x 3 65 Without complaints 11 months
4 70 M Advanced sialolithiasis Left submandibular No 64 millimetres depth Non visible Fixed Transcutaneous sialendoscopy- assisted 10 (SPH) 75 Without complaints 11 months
5 21 M Persistent swelling Left submandibular No 100 millimetres depth Not visible Fixed Transcutaneous sialendoscopy- assisted 3 (intraglandular, found after gland resection) 90 resection After gland without complaints 7 months
6 34 M Floor of the mouth phlegmona Left submandibular No 28** milimetres depth Not visible Fixed sialendoscopy- Transoral assisted 6 x 4 x 3 62 Without compaints 14 months

Inclusion criteria for the use of CT navigation (if three or more criteria were met)

Non-palpable stone
Difficult or impossible sialendoscopic visualization of the stone
Far proximal stone
Presumably fixed stone
Extraluminal stone (in an abscess or deeply embedded)
Salvage procedure with previously failed sialendoscopy or sialendoscopy-assisted procedure
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Medicine, Clinical Medicine, Internal Medicine, Haematology, Oncology, Radiology