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A Treatment Feasibility Study in Dogs

Dale H. Rice, MD; Steven Giannotta, MD

Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1986;112(9):976-977.

Abstract
• An acute study was performed in dogs to test the feasibility of using another bodily fluid in place of saliva in patients with xerostomia. Chyle was routed from the thoracic duct to the oral cavity via a vein graft using the external jugular vein. While technically challenging, the vein conduit worked well in delivering chyle to the oral cavity.

(Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1986;112:976-977)

Author Affiliations
From the Departments of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery (Dr Rice) and Neurological Surgery (Dr Giannotta), University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Feb 20, 1986.

Reprint requests to the Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, University of Southern California School of Medicine, 1200 N State St, Box 795, Los Angeles, CA 90033 (Dr Rice).

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