title: Results of the Wilke operation to stop drooling in cerebral palsy.
abstract: Bilateral submaxillary gland excision and posterior transplantation of the elongated parotid ducts (as advocated by Wilkie) has proved to be an excellent procedure in the surgical treatment of drooling. I report a series of 20 patients who had excellent results from this, with amelioration of the drooling and minimal postoperative complications.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D010306:Parotid Gland / Q000637:transplantation; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012466:Salivary Gland Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D012467:Salivary Gland Fistula / Q000209:etiology; D012798:Sialorrhea / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous