Summary The outgoing Head and Neck surgeon has left me in an uncompromising position. He has removed some of my superficial lobe, but not all of it. He has left a huge amount of my parotid gland in- about 70%, I have been told. A scan done one year after…
My Surgical Experience I was unlucky with my surgical experience. It is difficult when seeking out a surgeon, to know how many parotidectomies they have performed. My experience of seeing Head and Neck surgeons over the last ten years, is that some surgeons in Ear, Nose and Throat, specialise in…
The Parotid Gland The parotid gland consists of two lobes; the superficial lobe and the deep lobe. The parotid duct is a salivary duct that emerges from the parotid gland, and it runs along the lateral side of the masseter muscle, and opens into the vestibule of the mouth, between…