THE LIMITS OF ENDOSCOPY OF THE SALIVARY GLANDS

Abstract

Summary. The authors conducted 42 sialendoscopy for the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the salivary glands (SG). The following indications for sialendoscopy were determined: 1. Removal of mobile saliva stones with a diameter of up to 3 mm using a wire basket, provided that the diameter
of the concretion should be less than the diameter of the duct.
2. Assessment of such features of large-caliber ducts as: the presence of a stone or its absence, concretion in the wall of the duct, the location of the stone, the presence of strictures, stenosis or salivary blood clots. At the same time, the location of the concretion by a bend in the submandibular
duct, the presence of large diameter stone (6 mm), small diameter of the natural mouth of the channel, and the presence of strictures in the channel severely limit the use of sialendoscope in the work of the practitioner.