Sialoscopy-based methods play a central role in gland-preserving treatment of strictures of Stensen's duct. Sialoscopy has proven to be a fast, useful, and relatively safe therapeutic tool with a high success rate. Parotidectomy is the last choice in symptomatic cases.
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