{"id":277,"date":"2019-09-24T11:36:33","date_gmt":"2019-09-24T11:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utkalaage.in\/?p=277"},"modified":"2019-09-24T11:36:36","modified_gmt":"2019-09-24T11:36:36","slug":"sum-hospital-surgeons-employ-new-technique-for-removal-of-submandibular-gland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/?p=277","title":{"rendered":"SUM HOSPITAL SURGEONS EMPLOY NEW TECHNIQUE FOR REMOVAL OF SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Surgeons in the Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital, faculty of the SOA Deemed to be University here, have successfully removed the submandibular gland (SMG) in two persons using a new technique which spared the patients from living with big scars on the face for the rest of their lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cThe recent advent of endoscopic\nprocedures has prompted both ENT and head and neck surgeons to reconsider the\nconventional methods by which the removal of the submandibular gland is\nclassically achieved,\u201d Dr. Radhamadhab Sahu, an expert in ENT and Skull Base\nSurgery, said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"754\" src=\"https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG-20190924-WA0047-1024x754.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"279\" data-link=\"https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/?attachment_id=279\" class=\"wp-image-279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG-20190924-WA0047-1024x754.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG-20190924-WA0047-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG-20190924-WA0047-768x565.jpg 768w, https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG-20190924-WA0047-86x64.jpg 86w, https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG-20190924-WA0047.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Dr. Sahu, who conducted the surgery\nfor the first time in Odisha, said humans have one pair of submandibular gland\nin their body which lay just below and in front of the lower jaw. The main\nfunction of this particular gland is to secrete saliva which helps to moisten\nand digest food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; If the saliva flow is obstructed due\nto formation of stone in duct, it leads to enlargement of the gland and\ninfection. Conventionally, the submandibular gland is removed by transcervical\napproach which leaves a big scar on face and sometime leads to lower lip\nweakness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cThis latest technique is anatomically\nsafe and can be done with minimal morbidity while a transcervical incision is\navoided,\u201d he said adding specific instruments and anatomical knowledge with\nskills are needed to perform such a tricky endoscopic\nexcision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The surgical steps essential for the\nprocedure included careful identification of the Wharton duct and lingual\nnerve, retraction of the mylohyoid muscle, protection of the sublingual gland\nand lingual nerve, extraoral manipulation of the submandibular gland obtaining\nintraoral protrusion and careful dissection of the posterior third of the gland\nwhile avoiding injury to the facial artery and vein.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The patients, who underwent the new\nsurgery, were very pleased with the results while no complications had\nsurfaced, Dr. Sahu said adding with availability of advanced endoscopic\ninstruments, new surgical technique and experience of the surgeon, endoscopic\nintraoral excision of the submandibular gland could be the method of choice in\na variety of ailments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Surgeons in the Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital, faculty of the SOA Deemed to be University here, have successfully removed the submandibular gland (SMG) in two persons using a new technique which spared the patients from living with big scars on the face for the rest of their lives. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cThe recent advent [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":278,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=277"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":280,"href":"https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277\/revisions\/280"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utkalaage.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}