Sialodochoplasty--does it work?
Isotope scanning of the salivary glands was carried out post-operatively on 8 patients who had sialodochoplasty carried out by the Wilkie technique. This showed reduced function to a varying degree in every parotid gland whose duct was repositioned, indicating some atrophy, but there was still sufficient function to justify the procedure.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001284:Atrophy; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010306:Parotid Gland / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012798:Sialorrhea / Q000628:therapy*; D013363:Submandibular Gland / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*