Controversies in the Management of Salivary Gland Disease

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 Contents
 Contributors
 Abbreviations
 Section I: Salivary neoplasms-general factors
 1 Evolution and classification of parotid surgery
 2 Epidemiology of salivary tumours in a defined UK population
 3 Aetiology and molecular changes in salivary gland tumours
 4 Investigation of salivary gland lumps
 Section II: Benign neoplasms
 5 Treatment of benign parotid tumours
 6 Facial nerve monitoring during parotidectomy
 7 The treatment of spillage and residual pleomorphic adenoma
 8 Treatment of recurrent pleomorphic adenomas
 9 Warthin's tumour: pathogenesis and current treatment options 10 Childhood parotid tumoursSection III: Malignant neoplasms
 11 Factors affecting survival in salivary gland cancers
 12 Prognostic factors for overall disease control in patients with parotid carcinoma
 13 Tumour site and prognosis
 14 Influence of age on outcome in salivary gland tumours
 15 Can recurrent salivary cancers be salvaged?
 16 Factors predicting distant metastasis and subsequent management
 17 Total versus partial parotidectomy
 18 Is it necessary to resect the facial nerve in all cases of parotid gland cancer? 19 The role of radiotherapy in the management of salivary gland cancer20 The role of chemotherapy and molecular targeted therapy in the management of salivary gland carcinomas
 21 Controversial salivary gland cancers
 22 Management of skin metastases to the parotid lymph nodes
 Section IV: Chronic salivary disease and calculi
 23 Epidemiology and aetiology of salivary calculi
 24 Extracorporeal lithotripsy for salivary calculi
 25 Basket retrieval for salivary gland stones by endoscopy or radiologically guided techniques
 26 Salivary duct strictures 27 Surgical management of submandibular stones: the Milan experience28 Endoscopic-assisted management of parotid stones
 Section V: Unusual salivary gland problems
 29 Treatment of juvenile recurrent parotitis
 30 Aetiology and management of the salivary ranula
 31 Autotransplantation of submandibular gland for severe keratoconjunctivitis sicca
 32 A novel use of alpha-1-blockers for obstructive salivary gland diseases
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