| Abstract: | Summary The best method of treatment for mixed parotid tumours are still controversial. Some surgeons prefer superficial and total parotidectomy depending on where the tumour is situated where others do an enucleation only. 660 patients with parotid disease were operated on in the Ear-Nose and Throat department of the University of Tübingen between 1967–1978. 158 of the patients had mixed parotid tumours. The histological examination of the specimens often showed fingerlike projections of tumour tissue through the capsule and/or incomplete encapsulation of the tumour. This clearly indicates that adjacent apparently normal glandular tissue should be removed  en bloc with the tumour. |
