Mucoepidermoid carcinoma surgery

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Maria Fernanda Villarreal, M.D. [2]

Overview

Surgery is the mainstay of therapy for mucoepidermoid carcinoma.

Surgery

• Mucoepidermoid carcinoma(low-grade): complete surgical excision with sparing of the facial nerve.
• Mucoepidermoid carcinoma(high-grade): parotidectomy with facial nerve sparing may be followed by radiotherapy.
• Clinically aggressive mucoepidermoid carcinoma tumors with facial nerve involvement will require radical surgery with sacrifice of the facial nerve and radiotherapy.
• Primary nerve grafting using the sural nerve if possible is performed.
• Lymph node dissection is usually only performed for clinically or radiographically detected nodal metastasis.

Indications

• Indications for surgery for mucoepidermoid carcinoma, include:

• Biological and histological features suitable for surgery

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