Surgical and Medical Management is a complete reference on the fundamental science, treatment, and management of salivary gland disorders. Covering anatomy, physiology, histology, cytology, pathology, and imaging, this text is a valuable tool for physicians who diagnose and treat salivary gland diseases both medically and surgically. Opening with a review of the surgical anatomy of salivary glands, this book covers various diagnostic studies, including imaging findings pertaining to sialadentitis, benign and malignant neoplasms, cysts, and more. Full-color histologic, cytologic, and pathologic photomicrographs offer clinicians a complete visual guide to recognizing key features of each disease. The authors discuss the latest medical treatments, such as dramatic advances in radiotherapy including IMRT, the emerging discipline of sialendoscopy, and the study of xerostomia, including de novo tissue engineering of functional salivary gland tissue. Surgical chapters, illustrated by precise, easy-to-follow drawings, present basic and advanced techniques for managing pediatric, inflammatory, and neoplastic diseases. A chapter on facial nerve dysfunction pertaining to salivary gland diseases describes and illustrates surgical advances in facial paralysis rehabilitation. Here is a complete reference on the fundamental science, treatment, and management of salivary gland disorders. Covering anatomy, physiology, histology, cytology, pathology, and imaging, this text is a premier resource for physicians who diagnose and treat salivary gland diseases both medically and surgically.

Highlights: -Comprehensive review of both the common and unusual salivary gland disease entities in the adult and child -Full-color histologic, cytologic, and pathologic photomicrographs help the clinician gain a full understanding of disease -More than 200 line drawings and images demonstrate key steps in every surgical technique described -Discussion of the new and emerging techniques of sialendoscopy, IMRT, and de-novo tissue engineering of functional salivary gland tissue

Otolaryngologists, head and neck surgeons, oral surgeons, plastic surgeons, general surgeons, radiation oncologists, and pathologists will benefit from this exceptional text.