Welcome to Sialendoscopy-NorthAmerica.com. This website was designed as an educational tool for patients and professionals who are researching the treatment of disorders involving salivary glands such as salivary gland stones, mucous plugs and stenosis involving the ductal systems.

Sialendoscopy is a minimally invasive endoscopic technique introduced to complement or replace standard surgical open procedures. Obvious advantages to this technique are the minimal recovery time for the patient and the ability of the surgeon to leave the salivary gland intact following the procedure.

Pioneered by Dr. Francis Marchal at the University of Geneva, Switzerland the sialendoscopy procedure has had tremendous success. It is truly one of the most fascinating innovations introduced in the last few years in the field of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.

Dr. Jack Kolenda was the first Canadian Surgeon to attend the first international sialendoscopy hands-on course that took place in Geneva, January 2002, accredited by the European Federation of ORL Societies and the American Academy of Otolaryngology. Subsequent to his training, Dr. Kolenda is the first surgeon in Canada to pioneer this innovative procedure.

We encourage everyone who visits our website to take advantage and make time to research the sialendoscopy technique. Please feel free to direct any questions pertaining to this treatment to our staff or schedule a consultation appointment with Dr. J. Kolenda.