Intracavitary radiotherapy (ICRT) for the palliative treatment of advanced esophageal cancer with dysphagia is currently performed at the University of Tokyo Hospital (Tokyo, Japan). In the present study, 24 patients exhibiting advanced esophageal cancer with dysphagia received palliative ICRT. ICRT, which was delivered 5 mm below the esophageal mucous membrane, with the exception of one case, ...

Stroke patient usually exposed to dysphagia, these patients may be recovered within several weeks but prolonged dysphagia can cause severe complications such as malnutrition, pneumonia, and dehydration. Also, it affects patient's quality of life mental health. So,

DEFINITION Dysphagia may be defined as difficulty in swallowing. Dysphagia may be classified as oropharyngeal or esophageal; oropharyngeal dysphagia arises from a structural or functional abnormality in the oropharynx, and esophageal dysphagia occurs as a result of structural or functional abnormalities in the esophagus. Esophageal dysphagia may be further subclassified symptomatically as dysph...

Dysphagia is common in the elderly with significant consequences such as aspiration and malnutrition. This study seeks to investigate oropharyngeal dysphagia in elderly patients with cervical fractures and determine whether the level of cervical fracture impacts the incidence of swallowing dysfunction. Records of trauma patients ≥65 admitted with cervical fractures over a 76-month period to a l...

This case describes a patient with parathyroid adenoma presenting dysphagia and nephrogenic diabetes insipidus without demonstrating lesion on imaging. The was detected during surgical exploration excised which resulted in the normalization of calcium sodium levels led to symptomatic relief from dysphagia.

There are an estimated 40% of people who have dysphagia (eating, drinking and swallowing problems) following stroke. This figure does not include populations who develop dysphagia due to other disease processes such as Parkinson’s disease and dementia. The risks of dysphagia include; developing aspiration pneumonia, malnutrition and dehydration. Management of dysphagia includes provision of mod...

When considering a patient with dysphagia, an attempt should be made to determine whether the patient has difficulty only with solid boluses (suggestive of mechanical dysphagia) or with liquids and solids (suggestive of a motility dysphagia). Lesions such as an oesophageal tumor and external pressure effect from a lung tumor or aberrant vessel can lead to mechanical dysphagia. Endoscopy and / o...

Early detection and intervention for dysphagia is important in patients with congestive heart failure (CHF). However, previous studies have focused on how many patients with dysphagia develop CHF. Studies focusing on the comorbidity of dysphagia in patients with CHF are rare. Additionally, risk factors for dysphagia in patients with CHF are unclear. Thus, the aim of this study was to clarify ri...

INTRODUCTION Dysphagia is common among survivors of critical illness who required mechanical ventilation during treatment. The risk factors associated with the development of postextubation dysphagia, and the effects of dysphagia on patient outcomes, have been relatively unexplored. METHODS We conducted a retrospective, observational cohort study from 2008 to 2010 of all patients over 17 year...