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Sialorrhea (excessive drooling) is a frequent problem in neurologically impaired children. Surgical intervention may be appropriate when conservative measures are ineffective. For this study, data were reviewed on 72 consecutive patients attending a multidisciplinary Salivary Control Clinic at The Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne, Australia who underwent bilateral submandibular duct transposition combined with sublingual gland excision from 1993–2001. The mean age at surgery of patients was 10.4 years (range 4–19 years). Results were analyzed prospectively at 2 and 5 years postoperatively.
Sixty-seven patients were available …
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