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Patients’ perspectives on the short- and long-term outcomes following surgery for benign parotid neoplasms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2006

Andrew H. Marshall
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital, Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK
Shahed M. Quraishi
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital, Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK
Patrick J. Bradley
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital, Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK

Abstract

Surgery for benign parotid gland salivary neoplasms is associated with sequelae: scar and divot defect and complications, facial nerve paresis/paralysis and Frey’s syndrome. These potential sequelae and complications are discussed with all patients prior to operation. We contacted 212 patients who had undergone surgery for benign parotid disease during1988–1997, by postal questionnaire. We enquired about their perception and recollection of the information they had received pre-operatively and to document and comment upon what problems they had experienced in the early and late post-operative period. The usable return rate was 75.5 per cent (173/212). Most patients (90 per cent) were satisfied with the information theyhad received pre-operatively. The complication and/or sequelae rates for facial nerve palsy (temporary 26.3 per cent, permanent 1.9 per cent), Frey’s syndrome (12.5 per cent) and sensory deficit about the cheek and ear (30.6 per cent), are comparable to other published studies.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© Royal Society of Medicine Press Limited 2003

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