Long-term follow-up of tympanic neurectomy for sialorrhea.
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.
D004432:Ear, Middle / Q000294:innervation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009493:Neurosurgery; D012469:Salivary Glands / Q000294:innervation; D012798:Sialorrhea / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*