Paediatric sialendoscopy under local anaesthesia: A case report

Abstract

Salivary stones causing chronic sialendenitis occur mostly in the submandibular gland. Sialendoscopy is a minimally invasive procedure that is effective in removing calculi from the salivary ducts. We present the case of an 11-year-old boy who had obstructive symptoms secondary to a submandibular calculus in the right Wharton's duct which was removed with the help of sialendoscopy under local anaesthesia. This demonstrates that a child as young as 11 is able to tolerate sialendoscopy under local anaesthesia, reducing the number of patients requiring general anaesthetic or a more invasive surgical procedure.

Keywords

• Paediatric”
• “Sialendoscopy”
• “LA”
• “Local anaesthesia”