Quality of life after surgery for benign disease of the parotid gland

Abstract

The general status of patients who have undergone surgery for a benign parotid neoplasm can be assessed with a quality of life questionnaire. Patients' post-surgical quality of life can be improved by the correct choice of surgical approach and reconstructive method.

Exploratory study of long‐term health‐related quality of life in patients with surgically treated primary parotid gland cancer

“…14,15 Others concluded, in a study on 55 patients who underwent surgery for benign neoplastic parotid disease, that the patients' postsurgical HRQOL can be improved by the choice of surgical approach and reconstructive method. 16 Nevertheless, in this study, the only significant statistical correlations were noted between general health and sex, and between postsurgical pain and sex. Another evaluation in 125 patients with parotidectomy in malignant and benign diseases showed that overall parotidectomy does not seem to severely affect quality of life.…”

“…In studies on surgically treated benign parotid gland tumors (34 patients both) the outcome of parotidectomies had little to no impact on general HRQOL . Others concluded, in a study on 55 patients who underwent surgery for benign neoplastic parotid disease, that the patients' postsurgical HRQOL can be improved by the choice of surgical approach and reconstructive method . Nevertheless, in this study, the only significant statistical correlations were noted between general health and sex, and between postsurgical pain and sex.…”

“…The return rate of about 50% raises questions about possible selection bias. Nonetheless, this response rate after a long mean time span of 7.5 years after surgery is much better than in most of the comparable studies . Because the patients who enrolled did not differ significantly from nonparticipants on available demographic and clinicopathological characteristics, we consider our findings to be generalizable.…”

“…Nonetheless, this response rate after a long mean time span of 7.5 years after surgery is much better than in most of the comparable studies. [14][15][16][17][18] Because the patients who enrolled did not differ significantly from nonparticipants on available demographic and clinicopathological characteristics, we consider our findings to be generalizable. The major limitation of our study was the crosssectional design.…”

Superficial parotidectomy versus partial superficial parotidectomy in treating benign parotid tumors

“…The primary difference between the two procedures is that the branching pattern and location of the facial nerve, rather than the size and extent of the tumor, determines the magnitude of dissection and the amount of parotid tissue that is removed in SP ( 4 ). Irrespective of the chosen technique, potential morbidities following parotidectomy, including pain, facial nerve paralysis, salivary fistulae, Frey’s syndrome and a loss of sensation, may affect quality of life (QoL) ( 5 , 6 ). However, successful surgery should achieve good functional results.…”