Clinical Trials

The objectives of this study are to explore the quality of life value of various surgical and functional outcomes after parotidectomy from a patient-centered perspective, develop a comprehensive patient-centered outcome measure after parotidectomy using a patient survey, and to validate the content of the above survey.

The purpose of this study is to determine the benefit to postoperative facial nerve function of using electromyography (EMG) based monitoring of facial nerve function during surgery to remove the parotid gland for superficial benign lesions.

The purpose of this study is to document the safety of the Medtronic automatic periodic stimulating (APS) Electrode Stimulator during a parotidectomy and potentially prevent post-operative facial nerve weakness, which is a relatively common outcome after parotid surgery.

The purpose of establishing the salivary gland tissue biobank is to learn how to improve our ability to diagnose and treat salivary gland tumors.  Specifically, we will be evaluating DNA, RNA, and protein in tumors and normal tissue/blood.