title: Parotid fistulae treated by tympanic neurectomy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the feasibility of tympanic neurectomy in the treatment of parotid fistulae.
  
  
  METHODS
  Five patients with parotid fistulae were treated by tympanic neurectomy at the ENT Department, General Hospital, Kandy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Four were completely and one was partially cured.
authors.affiliation: General Hospital, Kandy, Sri Lanka.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Edussuriya
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004432:Ear, Middle / Q000294:innervation / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005402:Fistula / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010305:Parotid Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods; D014433:Tympanoplasty / Q000379:methods*