ArticleEuropean archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery2022
Treatment of juvenile recurrent parotitis with irrigation therapy without anesthesia.
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- British Society for Rheumatology guideline on management of adult and juvenile onset Sjögren disease.Rheumatology (Oxford, England) · 2025Guideline
- Sialendoscopy approach in treating juvenile recurrent parotitis: a systematic review.Journal of otolaryngology - head & neck surgery = Le Journal d'oto-rhino-laryngologie et de chirurgie cervico-faciale · 2023Pooled it
- Sialoendoscopy with Intraductal Irrigation in Chronic Salivary Gland Disease: A Minimally Invasive, Antibiotic-Sparing Strategy.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Minimally Invasive Interventions in Obstructive and Inflammatory Salivary Gland Diseases: Local Anesthesia Based Pain Management, Stratification of Invasiveness, and Patients' Perceptions.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- A retrospective study of magnetic resonance sialography imaging applied in the prognostic evaluation of chronic obstructive parotitis.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2023Article
- Juvenile Recurrent Parotitis: An Eight-Year-Old Boy With a Painful Acute Right-Sided Parotid Swelling.Cureus · 2023Article
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Abstract
purposeNo standardized treatment regimen exists for juvenile recurrent parotitis (JRP). The investigators hypothesized that irrigation with saline only without local anesthesia will be an effective and beneficial option.
methodsUsing a retrospective study design, a series of children with typical symptoms of JRP who were treated with at least one irrigation therapy were evaluated. This treatment consisted of irrigation of the affected gland with 3-10 ml saline solution without any type of anesthesia. The outcome variables were patient/parent satisfaction, frequency and duration of acute JRP episodes, and the need for antibiotics before and after irrigation therapy.
resultsThe case series was composed of six boys aged 3.3-7.7 years who experienced one to eight sessions of irrigation therapy. The period of follow-up was 9-64 months. We observed a total resolution of symptoms in two children and an improvement in the other four. No relevant side effects were seen.
conclusionOur results suggest that irrigation therapy is a reasonable, simple, and minimally invasive treatment alternative for JRP. In contrast to sialendoscopy or sialography, there is no need for general anesthesia or radiation exposure.
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