Outcomes of submandibular duct relocation: a 15-year experience.

摘要: Drooling is common in patients with neurological disability and a major factor affecting quality of life. Management this problem best carried out by team approach using surgical non-surgical methods. Submandibular duct relocation commonly performed procedure low complication rate. This has been 56 over the last 14 years at Belfast City Hospital senior author. All underwent physiotherapy for six months before they were selected surgery. five age most had severe impairment. For purposes study, all followed questionnaire regarding symptomatic improvement, parent satisfaction case notes also reviewed retrospectively. Parental was high drooling significantly reduced 49 cases. The main ranula formation seen significant area parental concern post-operative pain. It important to counsel parents pain relief as well failure rate procedure. can be concluded that safe highly successful procedure, which improves