Doctors report the first use of a surgical robot guided by a miniature salivary endoscope to remove a 20mm salivary stone and repair the salivary duct of a patient. Giant stones have traditionally ...

Researchers from Louisiana State University (LSU) Health Sciences Center have reported the first use of a surgical robot guided by a miniature salivary endoscope to remove a 20-mm salivary stone and ...

A New Orleans physician has reported the first use of a surgical robot guided by a miniature salivary endoscope to remove a salivary stone and repair the salivary duct, according to a Medical News ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) - It is new to Arkansas and not offered everywhere. Dr. Emre Vural explained, "This procedure called sialendoscopy." The procedure is for obstructive disorders like salivary ...

Seara Schoenbeck, 13, has enjoyed a healthy childhood until about two years ago when she started feeling terrible pain in her mouth. "You know, I thought it was a cold sore, but then it kept on ...

Salivary duct stones are masses of crystallized minerals that form in the tubes that saliva passes through after it’s made in your salivary glands. The condition is also known as sialolithiasis. The ...

Salivary stones form naturally, from the chemicals in saliva, but once they develop, it can take open surgery, and sometimes even removing the salivary gland itself, just to get the stone out. Now, ...

BACKGROUND: Salivary duct stones are a type of salivary gland disorder. The stones are crystallized minerals in the ducts that drain the salivary glands. The painful stones are caused when chemicals ...

Salivary stones, medically termed sialolithiasis, develop when minerals—primarily calcium—gradually crystallize inside these ducts. Though typically no larger than a few millimeters, these tiny ...

Salivary gland disorders encompass a range of conditions, including inflammatory diseases, obstructions due to sialolithiasis and stenosis, and autoimmune-associated dysfunction. These disorders can ...

New Orleans, LA – Dr. Rohan Walvekar, Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Director of Clinical Research and the Salivary Endoscopy Service at LSU Health Sciences Center New ...