Abstract
Objective: Parotidectomy is the treatment of choice for benign tumors of the parotid gland, with the modified Blair incision most commonly utilized. This retrospective analysis aimed to determine the incidence of complications and assess the relationship between the mass and scar characteristics, in patients who had undergone parotidectomy. Materials and Methods: The scar characteristics of patients who had undergone parotidectomy for benign neoplasms at our medical center between 2013 and 2019 were evaluated. Results: Overall, 49 patients met the inclusion criteria, of whom 33 agreed to participate in the study. The mean patient age was 52.8 years; 57.5% were males. No correlation was identified between the parotid mass size or location and scar type or length. The most common complications in this study were similar to those reported in the literature. Conclusion: The results of this study suggest that the smaller, tailored modified Blair incision for parotidectomy does not increase complication rates. Future studies with larger cohorts should be conducted to further assess the potential benefits of tailored incision size during modified Blair parotidectomies.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 4416-4422 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery |
| Volume | 75 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Dec 2022 |
Bibliographical note
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Funding
All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 2000 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. The study was approved by the Institutional Review Board and was registered in clinicaltrials.gov (NCT04970875). Informed consent was waved by the Institutional Review Board. The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest. The authors declared that this study has not received any financial support. OR designed the study and all authors contributed to data collection, literature review, and manuscript writing. The authors wish to thank Mr. Basem Hijazi for the statistical analysis and Galilee CBR for the editorial assistance. The article was written as part of the requirements of the Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, Bar-Ilan University, Safed, Israel, for an MD degree of D.L.
| Funders | Funder number |
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| Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, Bar-Ilan University | |
| Galilee CBR |
Keywords
- Complications
- Parotid tumor
- Parotidectomy
- modified Blair incision
- quality of life