[Management of sialorrhea in mentally retarded children by salivary denervation (6 cases) (author's transl)].
Sialorrhea in mentally handicapped children makes rehabilitation difficult and may provoke dyspneic spells. We have interrupted in 6 cases the parasympathetic innervation to the major salivary glands by a bilateral intratympanic neurectomy of Jacobson's nerve and chorda tympani. Results were satisfactory in 2/3 of cases.
D002814:Chorda Tympani Nerve / Q000601:surgery; D004432:Ear, Middle / Q000294:innervation; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000150:complications* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D008722:Methods; D010275:Parasympathetic Nervous System / Q000601:surgery; D012469:Salivary Glands / Q000294:innervation*; D012798:Sialorrhea / Q000209:etiology / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000601:surgery*
Traitement de l'hypersialorrhée de l'enfant retardé mental par dénervation salivaire.