Figure legends.
Figure 1. A section of a resected submandibular gland (A) with residual fascia (f) on it, lying upon the capsula (c ), which is a stromal component in continuity with the septi within the gland itself. The same anatomy is simplified in a drawing (B): the dissection in submandibular degloving occurs between the fascial (f, in green) and the capsular (c, in pink) planes.
Figure 2. Facial artery and vein are preserved at the end of the procedure