Main description:

This book deals with a thorough and precise, pointwise discussion and compilation of data pertaining to the relevant surgical anatomy, classification, clinical presentation, management, and complications of various salivary gland diseases. It is supported by explicit sketches and illustrations, line diagrams, and, above all, clinical pictures of most of the conditions affecting salivary glands.

Key features include:

It is an extensive compilation of literature, amalgamated with the vast clinical experience of authors in the field of management of disorders of salivary gland over a period of 25 years.
Deals with all aspects of relevant disorders starting from the very basic understanding of the anatomy, methodical diagnostic procedures, and various pathologies up to the management both medical and surgical.
Contains lucid and self-explanatory content with many clinical photographs and diagrammatic representations.
Aims to assist the medical and dental students as well as experienced clinicians alike.
All in all, the book is a must-have armamentarium for those dealing with salivary gland diseases.

Contents:

1. Introduction

2. Embryological Development

3. Applied Surgical Anatomy

4. Historical Perspective

5. Classifications

6. Diagnosis and Diagnostic Aids

7. Non-neoplastic Diseases

8. Etiology and Pathogenesis of Tumors

9. Incidence of Salivary Gland Neoplasms 95

10. Histogenesis of Salivary Gland Neoplasms

11. Surgical Pathology of Salivary Gland Neoplasms.

12. Surgical Management of Parotid Neoplasms

13. Surgical Management of Submandibular and Sublingual Neoplasms

14. Surgical Management of Minor Salivary Gland Neoplasms

15. Complications of Salivary Gland Surgery

16. Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy

Index