Background The basic concern in parotid surgery is facial nerve preservation. Various methods of dissection have been used to excise the parotid tissue and spare the facial nerve and its branches. Combined (blunt, mosquito tip, monopolar, and bipolar electrocautery, and scissor dissection) procedures are the most widely used techniques. Further new methods were used as an alternative for hemostasi...
Background The basic concern in parotid surgery is facial nerve preservation. Various methods of dissection have been used to excise the parotid tissue and spare the facial nerve and its branches. Combined (blunt, mosquito tip, monopolar, and bipolar electrocautery, and scissor dissection) procedures are the most widely used techniques. Further new methods were used as an alternative for hemostasi...