BACKGROUND Drooling is a common problem in children and adults with neuromuscular disorders. This problem is best dealt with using a multidisciplinary team approach. The objective of this paper is to assess the results following surgery at the Drooling Clinic of Amiralmomenin Hospital. METHODS The results of the surgical protocol used between 1994 and 2007 at the Drooling Clinic of Amiralmome...

PURPOSE We aimed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of botulinum toxin A (BTX-A) injections under ultrasonography (US) guidance for children with excessive drooling. MATERIALS AND METHODS Between January 2006 and January 2011, 44 BTX-A injections into bilateral submandibular glands were performed in 20 children (mean age, 9.1 years; range, 3-16 years; gender, 15 boys and 5 girls) under intra...

OBJECTIVE Investigate whether hyoscine patch or glycopyrronium liquid is more effective and acceptable to treat drooling in children with neurodisability. DESIGN Multicentre, single-blind, randomised controlled trial. SETTING Recruitment through neurodisability teams; treatment by parents. PARTICIPANTS Ninety children with neurodisability who had never received medication for drooling (55...

OBJECTIVE To investigate Botulinum toxin type B (BNT-B) injection's effect and duration depending on dose for patients with brain lesion. METHOD Twenty one patients with brain lesion and severe drooling were included and divided into three groups. All patients received conventional dysphagia therapy. Group A patients (n=7) received an injection of 1,500 units and group B patients (n=7) receiv...

Clozapine has been demonstrated to be useful for treating refractory schizophrenia. However, hypersalivation occurs in 31.0- 97.4% of the patients treated with clozapine. Accordingly, some patients who are disturbed by their hypersalivation refuse to continue with clozapine treatment. This study investigated the efficacy of the anticholinergic agent scopolamine butylbromide against clozapine-in...

conclusions these finding showed that dysport can be significantly effective in reducing the amount of saliva for 18 weeks. results in this study, the effect of dysport on the amount of drooling of the participants at the sixth, 12th, and 18th weeks after treatment was significantly decreased (p value of 0.00016, 0.0001, and 0.00011, respectively). however, after 24 weeks, this difference was n...

Received, October 25, 2001. Accepted, August 12, 2002. OBJECTIVE: To systematically report the complications of pallidotomy and to tentatively determine the incidences of complications of pallidotomy, possible influencing factors, and the acceptability of symptomatic hemorrhage rates for microelectrodeguided pallidotomy. METHODS: Clinical events were analyzed for 1116 patients with Parkinson’s ...