title: Transplantation of salivary gland to the lacrimal basin.
abstract: Transplantation of autologous salivary glands to the lacrimal basin has been performed in patients with severe xerophthalmos and with or without severe xerostomia. In five cases a free transplantation of the sublingual salivary gland was performed obtaining only one relative success. In 3 cases a transplant of the submaxillary gland was performed with maintained blood supply through vascular anastomosis, resulting in 2 relative successes.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Murube-del-Castillo
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D012469:Salivary Glands / Q000637:transplantation*; D013361:Sublingual Gland / Q000637:transplantation; D013363:Submandibular Gland / Q000637:transplantation; D014985:Xerophthalmia / Q000601:surgery*