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F El-Garem

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PubMed1977

Effect of tympanic neurectomy on human parotid salivary gland. Histopathologic, Histochemical, and Clinical Study.

Five patients with bilateral chronic recurrent parotiditis and ten patients with unilateral persistent paratoid gland fistulas underwent tympanic neurectomies. Two biopsy specimens from the diseased gland were examined. The first biopsy specimen was taken at the time of operation, while the second one was taken six months later. All specimens were subjected to both histopathologic and histochemical investigations. Definite degenerative and atrophic changes occured in all parotid gland specimens taken six months after selective tympanic neurectomy. All patients were completely cured at about that time. This supported the practical indication of the selective tympanic neurectomy for treating certain benign disorders or diseases of the parotid gland that require persistent arrest of the function of its secretory units.

Atrophy↗
PubMed1976

Tympanic neurectomy for parotid fistula.

Complete excision of the trophic secretomotor parasympathetic nerve supply of the parotid gland produces abolition of its salivary secretion and ends in atrophy of the gland units. We report 20 patients treated by tympanic neurectomy to relieve the distressing problem of parotid fistulas. The tympanic nerve was identified and excised at its appearance through the hypotympanic floor. In seven of our cases, we found an early division of the main nerve that crossed the promontory anteriorly-hence, the importance of excising the tympanic nerve as proximal as possible. All patients observed for more than two years had complete dryness and cure of their fistulas. We describe the basis of tympanic neurectomy and its results compared with other forms of treatment.

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[Effects of neurectomy of the tympanic plexus on secretion of the parotid gland in man. Histopathological, histochemical and clinical study (author's transl)].

This study involved five patients suffering from bilateral chronic parotiditis and then with a persistent unilateral fistula of the parotid gland. Two types of parotid biopsy were examined: the first taken during surgery and the second six months later. All of the specimens underwent histopathological and histochemical investigations. Definitive degeneration and atrophic type changes were seen in all the parotid fragments removed six months after selective neurectomy of the tympanic plexus. Six months after surgery, all of the patients were cured.

Atrophy↗