International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology
Volume 67, Issue 1 , Pages 1-6 , January 2003

Success and complications of four-duct ligation for sialorrhea

  • W. Peyton Shirley

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Children's Hospital of Alabama, 1600 Seventh Avenue South ACC320, Birmingham, AL 35233, USA
    • Division of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
    • ,
  • J. Scott Hill

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Children's Hospital of Alabama, 1600 Seventh Avenue South ACC320, Birmingham, AL 35233, USA
    • Division of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
    • ,
  • Audie L. Woolley

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Children's Hospital of Alabama, 1600 Seventh Avenue South ACC320, Birmingham, AL 35233, USA
    • Division of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
    • ,
  • Brian J. Wiatrak

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Children's Hospital of Alabama, 1600 Seventh Avenue South ACC320, Birmingham, AL 35233, USA
    • Division of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1-205-939-9834; fax: +1-205-939-5329

Received 19 March 2002 ,Revised 7 August 2002 ,Accepted 10 August 2002.

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☆ Presented at the Society of Ear, Nose and Throat Advances in Children (SENTAC) October 2000, in Chicago, Illinois, in a joint session of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

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International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology
Volume 67, Issue 1 , Pages 1-6 , January 2003

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