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Background: Not all patients with sialolithiasis can be treated successfully by established minimally invasive techniques., Methods: A forceps was used under sonographic control to fragment and retrieve salivary calculi in five cases refractory to established minimal invasive approaches., Results: One patient with a sialolithiasis of the Stenon duct, two patients with a stone in the hilum region of the submandibular gland, and one patient with a sialolith in the sublingual gland were cured by this technique. For another patient, only a part of the stone in the hilum region of the submandibular gland could be removed. No relevant side effects occurred., Conclusions: To the authors' knowledge, this is the first report of a new, simple, and inexpensive minimally invasive technique that proved to be at least partially successful in the treatment of sialolithiasis in cases refractory to other therapies. The technique also seems to be suitable as a primary treatment approach.

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Little data about the efficacy and limitations of ultrasound-guided mechanical intraductal stone fragmentation and removal of sialoliths (Sonoguide Forceps) exist. Methods. This was a chart review of patients treated within the last 4 years at 2 tertiary care centers. Results. Sonoguide Forceps were used as a second-line treatment in 22 patients with sialolithiasis. Ten patients were free of stones and symptoms afterwards (7 of 17 submandibular, 2 of 4 parotid, 1 of 1 sublingual). Six patients were primarily treated for parotid sialolithiasis, 4 with successful stone retrieval. The reasons for failure were a lack of accessibility to the stone by the forceps (n = 9), the impossibility of grasping the stone (n = 5), and/or the concomitant grabbing of soft tissue together with the stone (n = 3). Conclusion. The efficacy of Sonoguide Forceps as both a secondary and primary treatment modality makes it an interesting, simple, and inexpensive therapeutic alternative. Relevant parameters for treatment success include the size and position of the stones. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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