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O. Kaschke and M. Schulz-Schönhagen
Vasoconstriction of the arteries that supply the subman­dibular gland’s secretions is regulated by the sympathetic nervous system. Increased sympathetic activity reduces glandular blood ow, thereby decreasing the volume of uid in salivary secretions and producing an enzyme-rich mucous saliva. Direct stimulation of sympathetic nerves will cause an increase in salivary enzymatic secretions, however.
The vascular supply consists of three main arterial vessel structures:
• The facial artery enters the submandibular triangle from
behind the posterior belly of the digastric and the hyoid
bone, runs across the surface of the submandibular gland,
and emerges at the superior aspect of the submandibular
gland, where it joins the facial vein to cross the mandible.
Some branches of the facial artery enter the submandibu-
lar gland. These branches must be divided if a buccinator
myomucosal ap is planned. In that case, the artery must
be preserved during resection of the submandibular gland.
• The submental artery is a branch of the facial artery and runs
along the inferior and medial margin of the mandible. The
submental artery is the base of the submental artery ap.
• The mylohyoid artery is a branch of the inferior alveolar
artery. It runs from the mandibular foramen to the mylo-
hyoid muscle and vanishes behind the digastric muscle.
The mylohoid artery and vein are found by elevating the
anterior margin of the submandibular gland. The mylohy-
oid artery is connected to both the submental artery and,
through the mylohyoid muscle, to the lingual artery in the
oor of the mouth.
The lymphatic drainage of the submandibular gland drains rst into the submandibular lymph nodes and later into jugu­lodigastric lymph nodes. The secretion of the submandibular glands is regulated directly by the parasympathetic nervous system and indirectly by the sympathetic nervous system. The secretion of saliva is promoted by parasympathetic activ­ity. Parasympathetic innervation of the submandibular glands is provided by the superior salivatory nucleus via the chorda tympani. The chorda tympani consist of branches of the facial nerve, which become part of the trigeminal nerve’s lingual part and are synapsing at the submandibular ganglion.
The oral component of the submandibular gland extends along the Wharton’s duct directly below the mucosa of the oor of the mouth. The duct exits from the gland on the medial surface between the mylohyoid and hyoglossus mus­cle and runs 5cm to the midline in the anterior oor of the mouth, where it opens as the caruncula sublingualis.
19.1.2 Clinical Aspects
Submandibular gland surgery is performed by different sur­gical experts for a variety of indications. The most common reason for submandibular gland excision is chronic sialade­nitis with or without salivary stones. Sialolithiasis is the most common salivary disease and the most common cause of salivary gland dysfunction. The submandibular gland is the site of 80% of salivary stones.
Transcervical extirpation of the gland is the gold stan­dard treatment for submandibular gland disease. Although submandibular gland excision is a relatively standardized surgical procedure, complications are still frequently reported. These complications include nerve paralysis or paresis, aesthetic sequelae, hematoma, salivary stulas or sialoceles (a subcutaneous cavity containing saliva), and wound infections. Also frequently reported are keloid scars and inammation caused by residual lithiasis in the salivary duct.
19.2 Preoperative Checklist,
Considerations, andAnaesthesia
Preoperative examination should include evaluation and bimanual palpation of the submandibular gland. An ultra­sound examination is the gold standard in imaging of the submandibular gland, by which size, texture, vasculariza­tion, and adherent or internal tumorous structures can be identied. Ultrasound can be performed with or without ne­needle aspiration biopsy prior to any other imaging. If there is any suspicion of malignancy, a preoperative CT scan or MRI should be performed. Sialography or sialoendoscopy is another valuable diagnostic tool.
After providing surgical indications, the patient’s preop­erative information should address key concerns, including injury to the marginal mandibular nerve, the lingual nerve, and the hypoglossal nerve, as well as the surgical scar. Further risks are postoperative wound infection and postop­erative bleeding caused by insufciently ligated and divided vessels, leading to hematoma, laryngeal oedema, and possi­ble surgical revision.
The surgeon should instruct the anaesthetist to avoid mus­cle relaxation, a precondition for precise intraoperative neu­romonitoring of the marginal mandibular nerve. It is also useful to watch for lower lip movement caused by stimula­tion or irritation of the marginal mandibular nerve during surgery.
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19.3 Indications
Excision of the submandibular gland is often indicated for treatment or prevention of a variety of inammatory and neoplastic conditions, such as recurrent sialadenitis refrac­tory to conservative treatment, sialodocholithiasis, sialor­rhea, suspicion of malignant tumor, or Sjögren syndrome, or as part of a level I neck dissection.
A contraindication could be poor medical condition in a patient who cannot tolerate general anaesthesia. Massive acute purulent sialadenitis should be treated with antibiotics prior to surgery.
19.4 Surgical Technique withTips
The patient is placed in a supine position with the neck extended and the head rotated to the contralateral side. The skin of the anterior neck and lower face is sterilized. The intraoperative neuromonitoring of the marginal mandibular nerve is installed. Draping is done by exposing the lower lip, the lower margin of the mandible, and the upper neck.
Prilocaine and epinephrine (1:100,000) is injected along the planed incision line into the left upper neck. Horizontal curvilinear incision is done along the relaxed skin tension lines 3–4cm below the inferior border of the mandible or at the level of the hyoid bone, to protect the marginal mandibu­lar nerve (Fig. 19.1). The incision is extended anteriorly from the anterior border of the sternocleidomastoid muscle for 5–6cm. Horizontal dissection is done through subcutane­ous tissue, the platysma muscle, and the supercial layer of deep cervical fascia (Fig.19.2). The facial vein is identied posterior to the submandibular gland. The facial vein is ligated and divided near the inferior border of the gland and is elevated to draw away the marginal mandibular nerve superiorly from the gland. Blunt dissection frees the facial
vein and the fascia up to the inferior border of the mandible (Fig.19.3).
The posterior inferior aspect of the submandibular gland can immediately be identied anterior to the sternocleido­mastoid muscle, where it overlays the posterior belly of the digastric muscle. Once the superior margin of the subman­dibular gland has been reached, the fatty tissue is dissected bluntly above the gland to identify the facial artery and vein remaining directly above the submandibular gland, to avoid injury to the marginal mandibular nerve (Fig. 19.4). The facial artery is located inferiorly and transects posterolater­ally near its origin from the external carotid artery, just above the posterior belly of the digastric muscle.
Branches of the facial artery and facial vein entering the gland are divided and ligated close to the gland. The cervical branches of the marginal mandibular nerve to the platysma muscle can be dissected proximally to nd the marginal
Fig. 19.1 Horizontal curvilinear incision is done along the relaxed skin tension lines 3–4cm (two ngerwidths) below the inferior border of the mandible from the anterior border of the sternocleidomastoid muscle for 5–6cm
Fig. 19.2 Horizontal dissection is done through subcutaneous tissue, the platysma muscle, and the supercial layer of deep cervical fascia
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Fig. 19.3 The facial vein is ligated and divided near the inferior border of the gland and is elevated to draw away the marginal mandibular nerve superiorly from the gland. The facial vein can be identied by blunt dissection of the fatty tissue at the cranial margin of the gland
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Fig. 19.4 The facial artery and vein run posterolaterally from its transection at the posterior belly of the digastric muscle. Blunt hooks protect the marginal mandibular nerve by retracting soft tissue at the mandible
mandibular nerve. Contraction of the depressors in the ipsi­lateral lower lip alerts the surgeon to proximity to the mar­ginal mandibular nerve. Although not vital for the procedure, the marginal mandibular nerve may be exposed at its cross­ing over the facial artery and vein through careful blunt dis­section and identied by intraoperative neuromonitoring. This manoeuvre is required if an additional level I neck dis­section is to be performed for full removal of the contents of level I, including the lymphatic nodes around the facial artery. The use of monopolar cautery should be avoided in the proximity of the nerve.
Subsequently, the anterior margin of the submandibular gland is freed from the anterior belly of the digastric muscle by retracting the gland inferiorly and posteriorly, employing an Allis clamp or Babcock clamp for traction. Then the gland is pulled laterally whilst its bottom is freed from the surface of the mylohyoid muscle (Fig.19.5).
The digastric muscle is identied along its course, including the common tendon and the anterior belly. Below the digastric muscle (and therefore protected) runs the hypoglossal nerve. Its course may be in close proxim­ity to the inferior border of the gland. By retracting the mylohyoid anteriorly and by using careful dissection, the lingual nerve, submandibular ganglion, and Wharton’s duct come into view. Gentle downward retraction of the gland permits the view of the lingual nerve (Fig.19.6). Its lowest point can be seen where it crosses the deep lobe of the gland and the Wharton’s duct. One may now safely clamp, divide, and ligate the submandibular duct and the branches of the lingual nerve (Fig.19.7). Be careful not to place the tie across the main nerve. Bipolar cautery, hemo­clips, or suture ligature is placed on the submandibular ganglion, permitting separation of the gland from the lin­gual nerve.
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Fig. 19.5 Using a clamp for traction, the gland is pulled laterally whilst its bottom is freed from the surface of the mylohyoid muscle
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Fig. 19.6 The gentle downward retraction of the gland permits the view of the lingual nerve. Its lowest point can be seen where it crosses the deep lobe of the gland and the Wharton’s duct
The duct of the gland is traced anteriorly and transected, after placing of ligatures or hemoclips as distal as possible. Retaining parts of the Wharton’s duct may predispose to infection resulting from retained stone or debris in the duct.
The submandibular gland can then be reected inferiorly, and the facial artery is identied. If necessary, the artery is ligated and divided where it exits from behind the posterior belly of the digastric muscle. The submandibular gland is then nally freed from the tendon and the posterior belly of
the digastric and removed. The nal view of the resection demonstrates the hypoglossal nerve, the lingual nerve, and the transected duct all on the lateral aspect of the hyoglossus muscle, and the facial artery.
Frozen section analysis is used to check for tumorous cells and will permit a more comprehensive level I neck dis­section if the analysis is positive for suspicious cells. A drain is inserted and the wound is closed in layers. The sutures are done with 3-0 Vicryl in the subcutaneous tissue and 5-0 nylon intracutaneous in the skin of the neck.
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Fig. 19.7 Operative site in submandibular gland excision: Wharton’s duct (1) and the lingual nerve (2) are exposed after dissection and by downward retraction of the gland (3). The digastric muscle with its anterior (4a) and posterior (4b) belly is the caudal border of the sub­mandibular triangle and covers the hypoglossal nerve (5); the facial artery (6) emerges directly medial, and the facial vein (7), lateral to the posterior digastric belly. The C-shaped mylohyoid muscle (8) forms the oor of the mouth and separates the cervical part from the oral part of the submandibular gland, whereas the hyoglossus muscle is posteriorly located and separates the gland from the pharynx (9). The horizontal branch of the mandible borders superiorly the submandibular triangle (10). Adjacent runs the marginal mandibular nerve (11), within the lay­ers of the deep cervical fascia
Tips
• Keep as close as possible to the surface of the sub­mandibular gland to avoid injuring the marginal mandibular nerve.
• Dissect any tissue around the supercial lobe.
• Ligate facial vessels close to the submandibular gland.
• Apply forceps to the gland and pull laterally whilst the bottom of the submandibular gland is freed from the deep surface of the mylohyoid muscle.
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• Stay very close to the gland around the Wharton’s duct to avoid irritation of the lingual nerve.
• It is safest to identify the marginal mandibular nerve by intraoperative neuromonitoring where it crosses the facial artery and vein, rather than trying to pro­tect the nerve by elevating the vessels.
• To avoid indirect thermal damage, only bipolar cau­tery should be used next to any nervous structure.
• The hypoglossal nerve is found under the subman­dibular gland and the Wharton’s duct just above the tendon of the digastric muscle.
• Salivary stones may be dislocated from the hilus to the distal Wharton’s duct owing to preparation. If you are not able to locate and remove them, it is necessary to trace the Wharton’s duct to the oor of the mouth. It is sometimes necessary to open the duct through the oral cavity.
• Because insufciently ligated and divided vessels can lead to bleeding and subsequent laryngeal oedema, a double ligature or suturing is recom­mended to avoid complications.
19.5 Postoperative Care
• The suction drain is left in place for at least 36h, depend­ing on drainage. Remove the drain only if the 24-h cumu­lative output is less than 30mL.
• An intraoperative single-shot application of an antibiotic (e.g., amoxicillin) is recommended. Postoperative antibi­otic treatment depends on intraoperative ndings or complications.
• Sutures are removed on postoperative day 7.
Further Reading
Bradley PJ, Guntinas-Lichius O, editors. Salivary gland disorders and
diseases: diagnosis and management. Stuttgart: Thieme; 2011.
Carlson ER, Ord RA, editors. Textbook and color atlas of salivary gland
pathology: diagnosis and management. Wiley-Blackwell: Ames;
2008.
Myers EN, Ferris RL, editors. Salivary gland disorders. NewYork:
Springer Nature; 2007.
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Salivary Gland Surgery: Sublingual Gland Surgery
Intraoral Excision ofRanula
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20.1 Introduction
A simple, or oral, ranula is a salivary pseudocyst consisting of an extraglandular, extraductal collection of saliva located in the oor of the mouth; it consequently lacks a true epithe­lial lining. It typically presents as a soft, submucosal swell­ing in the oor of the mouth to either side of the midline (Fig.20.1). The term originates from the Latin word for frog (rana) as the cyst is said to look like the belly of a frog.
The pathophysiology of ranula has been comprehensively reviewed by Harrison [1]. It typically develops via mucous extravasation from the sublingual salivary gland. The sublingual glands lack a fascial capsule and lie in the areolar tissue between the oor of the mouth and the mylohyoid muscle, which has well-described dehiscences. A traumatic aetiology is supported by frequent observation of rupture of the duct of Rivinus in pathological specimens, or alternatively, obstruction of a herniating portion of the gland leading to acinar rupture [1].
Plunging, or cervical, ranula occurs when the salivary pseudocyst extends from the oor of the mouth into the sub­mandibular triangle of the neck, either through a defect in the mylohyoid muscle or, less commonly, by passing behind the posterior edge of the muscle (Fig.20.2). A ranula may also track posteriorly along tissue planes into the parapharyngeal space (Fig.20.3).
The simplest way to clinch the diagnosis is to examine an aspirate of the cyst. The aspirate is typically thick, syrupy, straw-coloured saliva (Fig. 20.4) and will test positive for amylase, a nding distinct from other potential pathologies
J. J. Fagan Division of Otolaryngology, University of Cape Town, Groote Schuur Hospital, Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa e-mail: johannes.fagan@uct.ac.za
K. G. Smith (*) Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, North Shore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand e-mail: kevin.smith2@waitematadhb.govt.nz
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Fig. 20.1 Simple, or oral, ranula
including lymphatic malformations and dysembryogenic cysts (such as thyroglossal duct, epidermoid, and dermoid cysts). Imaging of a simple ranula is generally unnecessary for either diagnosis or surgical planning. In the case of a plunging ranula, imaging may be helpful to determine the side of origin where the cervical lesion crosses the midline. Ultrasound will frequently demonstrate the defect in the mylohyoid muscle, and, in the hands of a skilled operator, can demonstrate real-time herniation of the sublingual gland [2].
Simple excision, marsupialisation, and sclerotherapy of the pseudocyst are all described but are associated with unac­ceptably high recurrence rates [25]. Resection of the ipsilat­eral sublingual salivary gland has been shown to be effective for both simple and plunging ranulae, so the remainder of this chapter focuses on sublingual salivary gland excision [6]. Transcervical excision of plunging ranulae is presented in Chap. 21.
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Fig. 20.2 Axial CT scan illustrating plunging ranula: intraoral (a) and cervical (b) components
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Fig. 20.3 Axial CT scan illustrating ranula extending to parapharyn­geal space
Fig. 20.4 Diagnostic aspirate demonstrating syrupy, straw-coloured saliva
20.2 Preoperative Checklist,
Considerations, andAnaesthesia
• Is it a ranula? The diagnosis is based on the history, clini-
cal appearance, and nature of the aspirate, with imaging
reserved for more complex cases only.
• Which sublingual gland to resect? With large ranulae that
cross the anterior oor of the mouth, it is imperative to
determine the side of origin. Cross-sectional imaging is
helpful in these cases.
• The use of perioperative antibiotics is generally indicated
only for plunging ranulae, to prevent the formation of an
abscess in the cervical component.
• In obtaining consent, caution the patient about the inci-
sion in the anterior oor of the mouth, with the proximity
and risk of injury to the lingual and hypoglossal nerves
and the submandibular salivary duct.
• Surgery is performed under general anaesthesia via a
transoral approach. A nasal endotracheal tube can be
helpful in improving access.
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20.3 Indications
Sublingual salivary gland excision is indicated for a symp­tomatic oral or plunging ranula.
20.4 Surgical Technique
1. Position the patient supine, sterilise the skin of the ante­rior neck and lower face, and drape to leave the mouth and upper neck exposed.
2. Open the mouth with a self-retaining retractor or bite block, and use a swab-on-a-stick to displace the tongue posteriorly and to expose the oor of the mouth.
3. Inltrate local anaesthetic with a dental syringe and nee­dle (27–30G) into the oor of mouth, in an immediately submucosal plane, to minimise bleeding.
4. Incise the mucosa over the ranula in the anterior oor of the mouth, keeping parallel to and approximately 1cm from the inner aspect of the mandible, taking care not to enter the sac.
5. Using sharp and blunt dissection, dissect posteriorly in a submucosal plane over the ranula.
6. Proceed to dissect anteriorly and expose the sublingual gland. The gland is surprisingly large and is located immediately deep to the mucosa just anterior to the sub­mandibular duct (Fig.20.5).
7. As the dissection proceeds, the surgeon should visualise the lingual nerve and the submandibular duct located anteriorly (Fig. 20.6). More posteriorly, the distal branches of the hypoglossal nerve and thin-walled ranine veins all come into view. Take care not to injure any of these structures.
8. Dissect the sublingual salivary gland from the subman­dibular duct to complete the excision. Posterolaterally, it may be difcult to determine exactly where the sublin­gual gland ends and the intraoral component of the sub­mandibular gland begins.
9. In cases of plunging ranula, the cervical component should be aspirated to reduce the chances of abscess for­mation. This aspiration can be performed transcutane­ously, but if the nature of the secretions makes this difcult, aspiration is also possible transorally by pass­ing a Yankauer suction tip through the defect in the mylohyoid muscle once the sublingual gland is delivered.
10. If the submandibular duct is injured, simply translocate it to the lateral oor of the mouth by dividing the duct distally, mobilising the duct, and passing it through a stab incision in the mucosa of the lateral oor of the mouth, securing it to the mucosa with a suture passed through the side of the duct (Fig.20.7).
11. If possible, appose the mucosa of the oor of the mouth with absorbable sutures to hasten healing.
Fig. 20.5 Sublingual gland being dissected, with countertraction provided by a swab-on-a-stick
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Fig. 20.6 Submandibular duct and lingual nerve clearly displaced following sublingual gland removal
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Fig. 20.7 Submandibular duct transposed to right lateral oor of mouth and sutured to mucosa with a Vicryl suture
20.5 Postoperative Care
Most patients require only simple analgesia. A liquid or soft diet can be commenced immediately on the day of surgery, and progressed as tolerated. Antiseptic mouthwashes may be used in the rst few days after surgery.
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