Giacomo Fiacchini1, Niccolò Cerchiai2, Domenico Tricò3, Stefano Sellari-Franceschini2, Augusto Pietro Casani2, Iacopo Dallan2, Veronica Seccia2. 1. Otorhinolaryngology, Audiology and Phoniatrics Operative Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, Department of Surgical, Medical, Molecular Pathology and Emergency Medicine, University of Pisa, Via Paradisa 2, 56124, Pisa, Italy. g.fiacchini@gmail.com. 2. First ENT Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, Department of Surgical, Medical, Molecular Pathology and Emergency Medicine, University of Pisa, 56124, Pisa, Italy. 3. Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, 56124, Pisa, Italy.
Abstract
PURPOSE: Parotidectomy may be burdened by numerous complications that may worsen subjects' quality of life (QoL). These include paresis or paralysis of the facial nerve, face profile asymmetry, keloids, salivary fistula, Frey Syndrome (FS), First Bite Syndrome (FBS), and hypo-anaesthesia of the skin. This study is an effort to assess the incidence of complications following parotidectomy and their impact on subjects' QoL. METHODS: Subjects undergoing parotidectomy for benign neoplasms from 2012 to 2015 were selected and invited to attend our outpatient clinic. After a brief anamnesis, the medical examiners tested their tactile perception and performed the Minor test for FS. Depending on the complications showed, subjects were asked to complete from 1 to 4 questionnaires about their QoL. RESULTS: 76 subjects completed the medical examination. The most frequent complication was the hypo-anaesthesia of the skin (71%). 21 subjects (28%) were positive to the Minor test, while 8 subjects (11%) reported FBS-compatible symptoms. Two subjects (3%) showed a facial nerve paralysis. Free abdominal fat graft was used in 16 subjects (21%) and it was associated with a lower incidence of FS. Surgery of the deep lobe of the parotid was associated with FBS. CONCLUSIONS: FBS appears to have a greater influence on subjects' QoL than FS and hypo-anaesthesia of the skin. Moreover, this work confirms that surgery of the deep lobe of the parotid is a risk factor for developing FBS and the free abdominal fat graft is a reliable technique to prevent FS.
PURPOSE: Parotidectomy may be burdened by numerous complications that may worsen subjects' quality of life (QoL). These include paresis or paralysis of the facial nerve, face profile asymmetry, keloids, salivary fistula, Frey Syndrome (FS), First Bite Syndrome (FBS), and hypo-anaesthesia of the skin. This study is an effort to assess the incidence of complications following parotidectomy and their impact on subjects' QoL. METHODS: Subjects undergoing parotidectomy for benign neoplasms from 2012 to 2015 were selected and invited to attend our outpatient clinic. After a brief anamnesis, the medical examiners tested their tactile perception and performed the Minor test for FS. Depending on the complications showed, subjects were asked to complete from 1 to 4 questionnaires about their QoL. RESULTS: 76 subjects completed the medical examination. The most frequent complication was the hypo-anaesthesia of the skin (71%). 21 subjects (28%) were positive to the Minor test, while 8 subjects (11%) reported FBS-compatible symptoms. Two subjects (3%) showed a facial nerve paralysis. Free abdominal fat graft was used in 16 subjects (21%) and it was associated with a lower incidence of FS. Surgery of the deep lobe of the parotid was associated with FBS. CONCLUSIONS:FBS appears to have a greater influence on subjects' QoL than FS and hypo-anaesthesia of the skin. Moreover, this work confirms that surgery of the deep lobe of the parotid is a risk factor for developing FBS and the free abdominal fat graft is a reliable technique to prevent FS.
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First Bite Syndrome; Frey Syndrome; Great auricular nerve morbidity; Parotid surgery; Quality of life
Authors: Cassidy Werner; Anthony V D'Antoni; Joe Iwanaga; Koichi Watanabe; Aaron S Dumont; R Shane Tubbs Journal: Neurosurg Rev Date: 2020-10-20 Impact factor: 3.042