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Introduction: The lesions of the salivary ducts may be idiopathic, post- traumatic, or iatrogenic and lead to sialocele
formation with persistent painful facial swelling or cutaneous fistula formation. No consensus on treatment of this
condition exists: the options of treatment include needle aspiration, pressure dressings, antisialogogue therapy,
radiotherapy, botulinum toxin and surgical approaches as duct repair, diversion, ligation, different drainage systems
and even parotidectomy/submaxilectomy. The management and special features of iatrogenic salivary duct injury
in patients with oral cancer who underwent head and neck reconstructive surgery has not been described yet.
Material and Methods: We present four cases of iatrogenic lesions of salivary ducts and its management in patients
with oral cancer.
Conclusions: The iatrogenic lesions of salivary ducts are to be taken into account in patients with oral cancer as the
distal ends of salivary ducts could be involved in the margins of surgical resection. Different options of treatment
of this complication are described.
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