Treatment of patients with sialolithiasis using contact mechanical and laser crushing of salivary stones under sialoendoscopic control

The salivary glands perform an important function in the life of the body, and surgical access to them in the treatment of sialolithiasis can lead to complications that significantly reduce the patient’s quality of life. Currently, more and more clinicians are using endoscopic methods of contact crushing of calculi, but there is still no consensus on the choice of the method of sialolithotripsy. The data of experimental and clinical application of mechanical and laser contact crushing of salivary stones, depending on their X-ray density according to the Hounsfield scale, are presented.