Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 68, Issue 9 , Pages 2092-2098 , September 2010

Superficial Parotidectomy Versus Retrograde Partial Superficial Parotidectomy in Treating Benign Salivary Gland Tumor (Pleomorphic Adenoma)

  • Omri Emodi, DMD

      Affiliations

    • Senior Staff, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Rambam Health Care Campus and Technion-Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Dr Emodi: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Rambam Medical Center, PO Box 9602, Haifa, Israel
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  • Imad Abu El-Naaj, DMD

      Affiliations

    • Senior Staff, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Rambam Health Care Campus and Technion-Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel
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  • Arye Gordin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Senior Staff, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Rambam Health Care Campus and Technion-Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel
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  • Sharon Akrish, DMD

      Affiliations

    • Senior Staff, Department of Pathology, Rambam Health Care Campus and Technion-Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel
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  • Micha Peled, MD, DMD

      Affiliations

    • Chairman, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Rambam Health Care Campus and Technion-Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel

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 The first 2 authors contributed equally to this article.

PII: S0278-2391(09)01817-5

doi: 10.1016/j.joms.2009.09.075

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 68, Issue 9 , Pages 2092-2098 , September 2010

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