Is Revision Surgery Necessary for Patients With High Risk of Recurrence After Parotidectomy? A Multicenter Retrospective Study

xlomafota13 shared this article with you from Inoreader Is Revision Surgery Necessary for Patients With High Risk of Recurrence After Parotidectomy? A Multicenter Retrospective Study Via otol rhinol Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2021 Sep 8:34894211045269. doi: 10.1177/00034894211045269. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT OBJECTIVES: Close margin is a frequent situation after parotidectomy. The need for systematic prophylactic revision surgery is a question that arises regularly for malignant tumors, as it exposes to a high risk of facial palsy, while oncological benefits are unclear. STUDY DESIGN: retrospective study. SETTING: Multicentric. SUBJECTS AND METHO DS: We included all patients operated for systematic revision surgery in case of close margins after parotidectomy for a malignant tumor and analyzed the rate of tumor residue and its risk factors. RESULTS: A tumor residue was identified in 43.5% of 23 cases, but none in case of initial complete excision with supra-millimetric margins. Invaded lymph nodes were identified in 6 cases, but none in case of low-grade tumors. CONCLUSIONS: Systematic revision seems mandatory in case of infra-millimetric margins and high-grade tumors or positive lymph node; further studies are needed to confirm whether it can be spared for T1-T2/N0 low-grade tumors, with close margins but complete initial excision. PMID:34496666 | DOI:10.1177/00034894211045269 View on the web Inoreader. Take back control of your news feed. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook.