UCSF CME: Techniques in Sialendoscopy and Salivary Duct Surgery 2018 is a conference dedicated to sialendoscopy-assisted surgical procedures. sialendoscopic, combined endoscopic, and ultrasound-guided techniques.
Topics
- Expectations of potential outcomes, advantages and drawbacks of the various minimallyinvasive salivary duct and salivary gland procedures
- The indications for sialendoscopy and salivary duct surgery versus submandibular or parotid gland resection for obstructive salivary gland disorders
- Duct surgery procedures including duct dilation, sialendoscope insertion and maneuvering, sialendoscopic-guided instrument use (graspers, baskets, lasers, and dilators), sialolithotomy, sialodochotomy, sialodochoplasty, and transfacial approaches
- The role of imaging and specifically surgeon-performed salivary gland ultrasound and ultrasound-guided procedures in the management of salivary obstruction
- Difficult cases and recurrent or persistent disease
- Sialendoscopy and sialendoscopic-assisted salivary duct surgery into ones practice
Who should Attend
Physicians, residents/fellows and allied health professionals.
