Drooling in cerebral palsy: hypersalivation or dysfunctional oral motor control?
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An anti-drooling operation in cerebral palsy.
Persistent drooling in cases of cerebral palsy can be successfully controlled by a combination of bilateral parotid duct translocation and bilateral submandibular gland excision. Ten children are described who underwent this operation with satisfactory results. Apart from mile transient postoperative swelling of the cheek, there have been no postoperative complications. The importance of bilate...
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عنوان ژورنال: Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0012-1622,1469-8749
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2008.03243.x