TY - JOUR
T1 - Swallowing disorders
T2 - Diagnosis and therapy
AU - Koch, W. M.
PY - 1993
Y1 - 1993
N2 - Normal swallowing is a complex, rapid neuromuscular function. Causes for dysfunctional swallowing are protean. Appropriate workup includes a careful history, thorough physical examination of the head and neck, videofluorographic swallowing study, and when appropriate, manometry and endoscopy under anesthesia. Many swallowing problems are not easily curable or reversible, but most patients experience some improvement through the intensive efforts of a multidisciplinary team. The otolaryngologist-head and neck surgeon plays a key role in both evaluation of patients with dysphagia and in surgical intervention for selected cases of cricopharyngeal motor dysfunction and chronic aspiration.
AB - Normal swallowing is a complex, rapid neuromuscular function. Causes for dysfunctional swallowing are protean. Appropriate workup includes a careful history, thorough physical examination of the head and neck, videofluorographic swallowing study, and when appropriate, manometry and endoscopy under anesthesia. Many swallowing problems are not easily curable or reversible, but most patients experience some improvement through the intensive efforts of a multidisciplinary team. The otolaryngologist-head and neck surgeon plays a key role in both evaluation of patients with dysphagia and in surgical intervention for selected cases of cricopharyngeal motor dysfunction and chronic aspiration.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0025-7125(16)30240-1
DO - 10.1016/S0025-7125(16)30240-1
M3 - Article
C2 - 8492610
AN - SCOPUS:0027233518
VL - 77
SP - 571
EP - 582
JO - Medical Clinics of North America
JF - Medical Clinics of North America
SN - 0025-7125
IS - 3
ER -