George Pantelas

Surgical techniques for removing parotid tumors and complications

The main treatment for parotid tumors is surgery, with the aim of completely removing the tumor and avoiding complications.

The specificity of parotid surgery is the anatomy of the facial nerve in the area. In the context of protecting the facial nerve that passes through the parotid tissue, the degree of surgical difficulty in removing the tumor within clear surgical margins increases, especially in malignant tumor.

The surgeon's greatest challenge is the application of each surgical technique, superficial or total parotidectomy with its variations, individually in each case so that we have the least possible complications such as paresis – paralysis, Frey's syndrome, salivary fistula, necrosis of the flap, recurrence.

This presentation will present surgical cases of parotid tumor removal and statistics from an experience of over 30 years of Parotid Surgery in 746 cases.

Professor George Pantelas MD. DDs, PhD.
Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, European University Cyprus.

Graduated from the School of Dentistry and the Medical School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki where he continued and acquired the specialty of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and completed his doctoral dissertation. He underwent further training in Hospitals in England and Germany.

He served as director of the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinic of the Nicosia General Hospital for thirty years with rich clinical surgical experience with a particular focus on traumatology and oncology of the oral cavity, neck, salivary glands.

He served as Medical Director of the Cyprus State Services Organization (OKYPY) from 2020 during the Covid Pandemic with administrative duties and coordination of the operation of all Public Hospitals in Cyprus until 2025.

Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the European University Cyprus with continuous educational work since 2011 to students of the School of Medicine and Dentistry. Participation in training programs, nursing school students, ambulance crews, dental office assistants, resident doctors and postgraduate students

He was or is President – member of the boards of scientific, voluntary, sports societies. President - member of the organizing committee of many local and international scientific conferences.

He has given presentations, lectures at over 200 local and international conferences and has publications in Greek and international journals. He has also published and participated in the publication of two books.