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Über die operative Behandlung der chronischen Ohrspeicheldrüsenentzündung

Surgical treatment of chronic parotitis

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Of 58 patients whose parotid glands were extirpated because of a chronic parotitis, 90% could be cured. The rate of success of this operation is reduced to 70–80% if it is based on those 31 patients alone who showed the typical symptoms of a chronic-recurrent parotitis.

The incidence of persisting facial pareses is about twice as high as after removal of non-inflamed parotid glands. This figure is based on seven patients suffering, with one exception, from only slight disorders of innervation in the region of the angle of the mouth.

In our opinion total parotidectomy is the method of choice for the treatment of chronic parotitis, if all attempts at conservative treatment have failed. We attribute our failures to remaining glandular parenchyma that was both inflamed and still secretory-active. To further improve the rate of success of parotidectomy, its combination with procedures suitable for occlusion of the duct system is proposed. In this way one should succeed in completely eliminating any secretory-active gland tissue.

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Von 58 Patienten, deren Ohrspeicheldrüsen wegen einer chronischen Parotitis exstirpiert wurden, konnten 90% geheilt werden. Die Erfolgsquote der Operation sinkt auf 70–80%, wenn man nur die 31 Patienten, die das typische Beschwerdebild einer chronisch-rezidivierenden Parotitis aufwiesen, berücksichtigt.

Die Rate persistierender Fazialisparesen ist etwa doppelt so hoch, wie nach der Entfernung entzündungsfreier Ohrspeicheldrüsen. Dabei handelte es sich um sieben Patienten, die allerdings bis auf eine Ausnahme nur an Innervationsstörungen im Mundwinkelgebiet litten.

Die totale Parotidektomie stellt u. E. die Methode der Wahl zur Behandlung der chronischen Parotitis dar, wenn alle konservativen Behandlungsversuche fehlschlugen. Mißerfolge führen wir auf zurückgebliebenes entzündetes und noch sekretorisch aktives Drüsenparenchym zurück. Um die Erfolgsrate der Parotidektomie noch weiter zu verbessern, wird daher deren Kombination mit Verfahren zur Gangokklusion vorgeschlagen, wodurch sich alles aktive Drüsengewebe ausschalten ließe.

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Chilla, R., Meyfarth, H.O. & Arglebe, C. Über die operative Behandlung der chronischen Ohrspeicheldrüsenentzündung. Arch Otorhinolaryngol 234, 53–63 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00453538

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