Both husband and wife suffer from parotid adenoma, the doctor "same disease but different treatment" customized personalized surgery

Recently, a special couple came to the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery of Sun Yat-sen University Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital to see Associate Professor Wang Youyuan.

Associate Professor Wang Youyuan performs surgery on patients

The husband and wife have the same disease but have different treatments, and the personalized treatment varies from person to person

After a series of examinations, the tumors of both husband and wife were initially diagnosed as benign tumors of the left parotid gland.

Associate Professor Wang Youyuan has devoted himself to the minimally invasive surgical treatment of benign parotid tumors for many years.

The tumor of the husband, Mr.

Due to the medical history of more than a year, the tumor of his wife, Ms.

Innovative surgical removal of parotid gland tumors, "no trace" surgery does not hurt the appearance

According to Associate Professor Wang Youyuan, because the parotid glands are located on people's faces, surgery may affect the appearance of patients with parotid gland tumors; if traditional "S" incisions are used, the scars are obviously located, which has a greater impact on the appearance and is not conducive to the physical and mental health of the patients.

In addition, surgery for parotid gland tumors involves the facial nerve and the greater auricular nerve.

Associate Professor Wang Youyuan introduced that the endoscopic-assisted intraoral approach for resection of parotid gland tumors is the first case at home and abroad, and there is no literature report.

"For benign oral and maxillofacial tumors, the endoscopic-assisted surgical approach can not only be in hidden locations behind the ears and hairline, but also through the oral mucosa to reach the tumor location.

At present, the etiology of parotid gland tumors is not clear, and it may be related to bad lifestyle habits such as smoking.