Abstract
Surgery is the treatment of first choice for parotid gland tumors. However, since the facial nerve runs through the face, the surgery entails the risk of development of facial paralysis. Therefore, the patients sometimes hesitate to undergo surgery. The histopathology of the tumors is also multifarious, and making a diagnosis preoperatively is difficult in many cases. This is a report of our study of the clinical characteristics, including the age, sex, histopathology, duration of illness, tumor size, tumor localization, postoperative complications, pleomorphic adenoma found in many cases and Warthin's tumor in 84 patients who were treated at our department during the past five years from April, 2002 to March 2007.
