BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Accurate identification and tailored management of patients with dysphagia is necessary to prevent complications when dysphagia is present and avoid implications of dietary restriction when unnecessary. Methods of dysphagia assessment vary, and a reassessment in the postacute period is not an established standard. The aim of this retrospective study was to compare initial...

BACKGROUND CONTEXT Dysphagia is a frequent complication after anterior cervical interbody fusion (ACIF). Although dysphagia usually improves over 6 months, it remains a significant and persistent problem for some patients. The etiology is poorly understood but has been reported to be associated with vocal cord paralysis, dislodgement of instrumentation and unidentified causes, such as hematoma,...

Dysphagia is a common symptom in otolaryngologic diseases. For the treatment of oropharyngeal dysphagia, conservative primarily considered, including behavioral Interventions, modified diet, and facilitation. Behavioral interventions include posture change, swallowing maneuvers, excise. If patient diagnosed with dysphagia caused by motor dysfunction, should be actively considered. When applying...

Effective and safe swallowing is one of the basic needs for human survival. Dysphagia or disorders often occur in elderly increase with age. Patients do not complain dysphagia compensate by modifying texture food. Frailty associated an increased prevalence dysphagia. Difficulty chewing, formation positioning bolus are In addition, can cause weakness because there a disturbance due to decrease n...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To examine associations between quality of care, short- and long-term treatment-related outcomes, and costs in elderly patients treated for laryngeal squamous cell cancer (SCCA). STUDY DESIGN Retrospective analysis of Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results-Medicare data. METHODS We evaluated longitudinal data from 2,370 patients diagnosed with laryngeal SCCA from ...

A large number of previous studies have explored the clinical and radiological outcomes of anterior cervical corpectomy and fusion (ACCF); however, dysphagia after ACCF has been ignored in previous studies and the incidence, severity, and duration of dysphagia after ACCF remains unknown at present. A total of 297 patients who underwent ACCF were included in this study, dysphagia was evaluated a...

Lateral medullary stroke is typically associated with increased likelihood of occurrence of dysphagia and exhibits the most severe and persistent form. Worldwide little research exists on dysphagia in brainstem stroke. An estimated 15% of all patients admitted to stroke rehabilitation units experience a brainstem stroke out of which about 47% suffer from dysphagia. In India, a study showed that...

INTRODUCTION Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is a chronic, immune/antigen-mediated disease characterized clinically by symptoms related to esophageal dysfunction and histologically by a marked eosinophilic infiltrate in the esophageal mucosa. What was once considered a rare disease has nowadays become one of the most frequent esophageal diseases in the Western countries, occupying a place just n...