The A-to-Z of Parotid Cancers and Tumors: All Controversies Answered

Saturday, September 28, 2024

10:30 AM – 11:20 AM EDT

Location: MBCC, Lincoln Road EF

CME/MOC Credit: 1

Disclosure(s):

Michael V. Medina, MD:

faculty for this accredited education activity has no relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: This is a one-hour comprehensive course on the management of Parotid tumors from initial presentation to treatment. This will be a step by step guide to the important steps in the management of parotid tumors including important aspects of history and physical examination to arrive at a diagnosis and treatment plan.

It will answer lingering controversies on diagnostics, eg. the need for a fine needle aspiration biopsy, tumor pathology, e.g. can you observe a tumor diagnosed as possible Warthin's tumor, and treatment: When to do a total parotidectomy rather than a superficial or lateral parotidectomy specifically in the setting of malignancy, the need for nerve monitoring, extra-capsular dissection, should all parotid tumors including malignancies be reconstructed and parotidectomy as a same day ambulatory procedure.

Learning Objectives:

To learn a comprehensive way of managing Parotid malignancies and tumors from presentation, diagnostics, and treatment.
To understand how histopathology of Parotid tumors particularly malignancies impacts the extent of surgical management, including the need to perform a neck dissection and when to refer for radiation.
To learn how primary soft tissue reconstruction can easily be implemented to minimize the parotiectomy defect and learn how parotidectomy even with reconstruction can be safely performed as a same day surgery procedure.

Lead Presenter(s)

Michael V. Medina, MD

Staff Physician
Cleveland Clinic Florida
Weston, FL, United States

Disclosure(s):
faculty for this accredited education activity has no relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Co-Presenter(s)

Brian B. Burkey, MD, MEd

Professor and Chair, Integrated Surgical Institute
Cleveland Clinic Florida
Vero Beach, FL, United States

Disclosure information not submitted.

Mentor(s)

Brian B. Burkey, MD, MEd

Professor and Chair, Integrated Surgical Institute
Cleveland Clinic Florida
Vero Beach, FL, United States

Disclosure information not submitted.