Reviewing a proposed procedure with your chosen doctor
Salivary Gland Surgery
second opinion in Mumbai.
Medical term: Parotidectomy, submandibular gland excision or salivary duct procedures
Already chosen your ENT or head-and-neck surgeon in Mumbai or Navi Mumbai to review your proposed salivary gland surgery? When you cannot attend yourself, Redwood organises your existing records and questions, takes the case to that doctor and shares their recommendations.
You choose the doctor. We take your case to them.
Understand the procedure
What is salivary gland surgery?
Salivary gland surgery treats selected lumps, stones or persistent gland problems. Removing a gland is different from removing a stone through its duct. The gland involved and the suspected diagnosis determine the approach.
This is general procedure information. Your chosen doctor assesses what applies to you.
Procedure information: NHS: patient information · NHS: submandibular gland surgery
Understand the proposed plan
What the operation may involve
Your decision, your questions
Questions for your chosen doctor
Choose the questions that matter to your situation. We record them in your own words and take them to the consultation.
- What do the imaging and sampling suggest about the lump or blockage?
- Can the problem be treated through the duct, or is gland removal needed?
- What risks to facial movement, tongue movement or sensation apply to this operation?
- Could the final pathology change the need for further treatment?
Your existing case file
Records to organise
We organise the ultrasound, ct or mri reports and images alongside your treatment history and the written procedure recommendation. We note what you want the ENT or head-and-neck surgeon to clarify and keep the original reports available for the consultation.
Share the records you already have. This is a document checklist, not a request for new tests.
Bring together what is available
- Ultrasound, CT or MRI reports and images
- Needle-sampling or biopsy report if performed
- Records of infections, stones and previous duct treatment
- Current facial-nerve findings where relevant and the proposed extent of surgery
- Your written procedure recommendation, current prescriptions and allergy details
When you cannot attend yourself
How Redwood takes your case to your doctor
- Tell us whom you have chosen. Share the doctor’s name, hospital or clinic, and the decision you want reviewed.
- Prepare the case with us. We organise your existing records, treatment timeline and questions, then coordinate the appointment.
- We attend with your case. Your Care Steward takes the organised salivary gland surgery case file to the ENT or head-and-neck surgeon you selected and puts forward your recorded questions. After the consultation, we share the doctor's recommendations and consultation documents with you.
A video call during the consultation can be arranged if the doctor allows.
We respond within 12 hours of your enquiry.