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Frey's syndrome: Incidence related to skin flap thickness in parotidectomy
Author(s) -
Singleton George T.,
Cassisi Nicholas J.
Publication year - 1980
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 - 10.1288/00005537-198010000-00008
Subject(s) - parotidectomy , medicine , incidence (geometry) , surgery , dermatology , facial nerve , physics , optics
Symptomatic gustatory sweating and inflammation of the skin over the site of the parotidectomy occurs in from 5 to 25% of cases. In a series of 164 studied, 6 of 48 patients with thin flaps developed significant Frey's syndrome. These figures are significant at the 95% confidence level.