NEET PG DENTAL EXAM

HEAD NECK

SALIVARY GLANDS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The following is a complication of parotidectomy
A
Lingual nerve palsy
B
Facial nerve palsy
C
Hypoglossal nerve palsy
D
Laryngeal nerve palsy
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The complications of parotid surgery are facial nerve damaging, bleeding, hematoma, seroma, sialocele, saliva fistula, infection, keloid formation, and Frey syndrome [10].

Detailed explanation-2: -Frey syndrome. The best described and more frequent complication following parotidectomy is gustatory sweating or Frey syndrome.

Detailed explanation-3: -Facial nerve palsy is usually associated with a malignant parotid neoplasm; it is highly unusual for it to result from a benign situation, such as inflammation or infection of the parotid gland.

Detailed explanation-4: -Facial nerve injury is a common risk associated with parotidectomy. If the facial nerve is injured during parotidectomy surgery, a patient can experience partial or total facial paralysis. With partial facial paralysis following a parotidectomy, some of a patient’s facial nerve branches are damaged.

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