History

Although ENT specialists have been involved in Salivary Glands since ever, and although this surgery requires a particular training, no subspecialty society existed until now. Nevertheless, many specialists focused their attention on these diseases, concentrating the knowledge in various centres around the globe. In the recent years, we have been observing an increase of scientific reports in the salivary gland field, with – among others- a high interest towards minimal invasive techniques of intraductal endoscopy of salivary glands, called sialendoscopy, enabling more conservative approaches of non-tumoral conditions. 



On the other hand, there has been an obvious increase of research publications concerning salivary glands of our colleagues from different specialities. These specialities look forward to better interdisciplinary communication and exchange of ideas, in order to achieve easier understanding of salivary disorders. In several instances, also in ENT-HNS, history has shown that joining different specialities dealing with the same topic has proven efficiency.

The ISGS unify all continental salivary gland societies, and coordinates their activities.
 
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