Nine patients suffering from chronic parotitis, gustato sweating syndrome, and gustato lacrymation syndrome underwent tympanic neurectomy. Follow-up showed discrepancies between the good clinical results and the unchanged parotid scans in eight out of nine patients. Parasympathetic bypasses to the parotid gland are discussed.
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