Simple technique to identify Wharton's duct during endoscopically-assisted submandibular sialoadenectomy

Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2009 Jul;47(5):401-2. doi: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2008.09.001. Epub 2008 Oct 15.

Authors

Toshinori Iwai¹, Yoshiro Matsui, Makoto Hirota, Hiroshi Chikumaru, Kenji Mitsudo, Jiro Maegawa, Iwai Tohnai

Affiliation

¹ Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. iwai104oams@yahoo.co.jp

PMID: 18922607
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2008.09.001

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Catheterization, Peripheral / instrumentation
Coloring Agents
Endoscopy / methods*
Facial Nerve / pathology
Ganglia, Parasympathetic / pathology
Gentian Violet
Humans
Lingual Nerve / pathology
Salivary Ducts / pathology*
Submandibular Gland / innervation
Submandibular Gland / surgery*
Submandibular Gland Diseases / surgery

Substances

Coloring Agents
Gentian Violet