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                                                                <journal-id>mid blac sea j health sci</journal-id>
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                                                                                    <journal-title>Middle Black Sea Journal of Health Science</journal-title>
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                                        <issn pub-type="epub">2149-7796</issn>
                                                                                            <publisher>
                    <publisher-name>Ordu University</publisher-name>
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                                        <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.19127/mbsjohs.555748</article-id>
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                                                            <subject>Health Care Administration</subject>
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                                            <subj-group  xml:lang="tr">
                                                            <subject>Sağlık Kurumları Yönetimi</subject>
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                                                                                                                                                            <article-title>Retrospective Evaluation of the Treatment of Wharton’s Duct Stones with Transoral Approach</article-title>
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                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7126-5696</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Ayrancı</surname>
                                    <given-names>Ferhat</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>ORDU ÜNİVERSİTESİ</aff>
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                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8532-3367</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Kahveci</surname>
                                    <given-names>Kadircan</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>ORDU ÜNİVERSİTESİ</aff>
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                                        <pub-date pub-type="pub" iso-8601-date="20190828">
                    <day>08</day>
                    <month>28</month>
                    <year>2019</year>
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                                        <volume>5</volume>
                                        <issue>2</issue>
                                        <fpage>74</fpage>
                                        <lpage>78</lpage>
                        
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                                    <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="20190418">
                        <day>04</day>
                        <month>18</month>
                        <year>2019</year>
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                                                    <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="20190629">
                        <day>06</day>
                        <month>29</month>
                        <year>2019</year>
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                    <copyright-statement>Copyright © 2015, Middle Black Sea Journal of Health Science</copyright-statement>
                    <copyright-year>2015</copyright-year>
                    <copyright-holder>Middle Black Sea Journal of Health Science</copyright-holder>
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                                                                                                                        <abstract><p>Objective:Sialolith is oneof the most common causes of salivary gland obstruction and often leads tosialadenitis. It usually seen in the submandibular gland around 80-90 percent.In this retrospective study, we aimed to retrospectively evaluate the treatmentof sialoliths in different parts of the Wharton duct with transoral approachusing minimally invasive techniques. Methods:After the clinicaland radiological examination of eight patients, six male and two femalepatients, transoral removal of sialoliths detected in Wharton duct was decided.All surgical interventions were performed with atransoral approach using minimally invasive surgical techniques. Sixpatients were treated under general anesthesia and two patients were treatedunder local anesthesia.Results:8 patients agedbetween 29-81 years who were transoral surgically removed Wharton duct stones.During the 20-month follow-up period, no intraoperative or post-operativecomplications such as bleeding and lingual nerve injury were observed.According to the results of the survey, 75% of the patients were verysatisfied, 12.5% were satisfied and 12.5% were dissatisfied with the result.Conclusion:The transoralapproach may be considered as a more effective option for the treatment ofWharton duct sialoliths because of the high success rate and the wider useindication compared to non-invasive procedures such as ESWL and sialendoscopy.</p></abstract>
                                                            
            
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                                                    <kwd>Wharton duct</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  sialolith</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  transoral</kwd>
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