[Surgical treatment of salivary incontinence in cerebral palsy]

Swallowing dysfunction is the main cause of drooling in cerebral palsy. Medical treatment is inefficient. Surgical treatment involves neurectomy, translocation of the salivary duct or salivary gland resection. Following this, reeducation is advisable. Indications are based on the degree of drooling and on the degree of histories mental retardation. The authors present 2 case histories of drooling in patients with cerebral palsy treated by submandibular gland resection and parotid duct ligation.