Results of the Wilke operation to stop drooling in cerebral palsy.
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.
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