[Sialoendoscopy possibilities in diagnostics and comprehensive treatment of chronic sialoadenitis].

Checkup and treatment of 187 patients with different forms of chronic sialoadenitis was done, 38 from them parotid gland sialoendoscopy was performed. Sialoendoscopic criteria of chronic sialoadenitis forms and clinical results of the fulfilled sialoendoscopic procedures in the immediate postoperation period were described. The direct visual assessment of parotid duct system let with high degree of exactness to determine the sialoadenitis form and simultaneously to make surgical intervention that made sialoendoscopy the choosing method in diagnostic and treatment of chronic inflammatory pathology of major salivary glands.