Submandibular Duct Relocation for Drooling: A 10‐Year Experience with 194 Patients
- 1 July 1989
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in Otolaryngology -- Head and Neck Surgery
- Vol. 101 (1) , 87-92
- https://doi.org/10.1177/019459988910100114
Abstract
Management of drooling in the neurologically disabled individual has been accomplished with a team approach using surgical and nonsurgical methodology. Submandibular duct relocation has been the primary surgical procedure of choice in 194 patients during the past 10 years. Drooling has been reduced significantly in the majority of patients. Ranulas requiring intraoral sublingual gland excision occurred in 8% of patients. Persistent submandibular duct obstruction necessitating external excision of the submandibular gland occurred in 1% of the ducts relocated.Keywords
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