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Long‐Term Follow‐Up of Tympanic Neurectomy for Sialorrhea
Author(s) -
Mullins W. Michael,
Gross Charles W.,
Moore Jacklyn M.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1002/lary.1979.89.8.1219
Subject(s) - sialorrhea , drooling , neurectomy , medicine , chorda , surgery , psychology , taste , alternative medicine , pathology , neuroscience
Thirty‐one patients who had undergone a bilateral tympanic neurectomy (sectioning of both Jacobson's nerve and the chorda tympani) for sialorrhea are evaluated after two years (ranging from 24–45 months). Drooling control improved in 74%. There was a significant difference of improvement in the group where a diligent search was made to sever all branches of the tympanic plexus. A 50% improvement was attained in two failures of a tympanic neurectomy who underwent transposition of Stenson's ducts into the tonsillar fossa.