Conservative surgical treatment of mixed tumours of the parotid gland.

The author presents 44 cases of mixed tumours of the parotid gland, operated on by simple enucleation and not radical removal of the gland, which most authors maintain must always be carried out. There were 6 recurrences (13.6 percent), and the last appeared in 1965. He maintains that simple enucleation is justified. It is reasonable to hope for a further decrease in the number of recurrences with future improvement in surgical techniques.