Assessment of Swallowing Disorders
Fig. 4.1 Lateral view on modified barium swallow study of a patient with a tracheostomy tube and a nasogastric tube. This example shows stasis in the vallecular with shallow penetration…
Presbyphagia
Problem Technique Result Residues in the pyriform sinus and alteration in pressure Head rotated Pulls cricoid cartilage away from posterior pharyngeal wall, reducing residue in pyriform sinuses and resting pressure…
Pediatric Dysphagia
Developmental Neurological Structural Medical Behavioral Bronchopulmonary dysplasia Developmental delay Intellectual disability Down syndrome Cerebral palsy Pediatric CVA TBI Brain tumors Neurosurgery Cleft lip/palate Genetic syndromes Pierre Robin Velocardiofacial syndromes Williams…
Neurogenic Dysphagia
49. Drake W, O’Donoghue S, Bartram C, et al. Eating in side lying facilitates rehabilitation in neurogenic dysphagia. Brain Inj. 1997;11:137–42.CrossRefPubMed 50. Goulding R, Bakheit AMO. Evaluation of the benefits…
Denervation and Reinnervation of the Thyroarytenoid Muscle
(1) Department of Otlaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan Abstract The detailed effects of denervation on the intrinsic laryngeal muscles of…
Surgical Treatment of Unilateral Vocal Fold Paralysis; Reinnervation of the Thyroarytenoid Muscle
(1) Department of Otlaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan Abstract The author sought to achieve laryngeal reinnervation, with or without arytenoid…
Diagnosis of Paralytic Dysphonia and Its Clinical Characteristics
(1) Department of Otlaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan Abstract Three-dimensional (3D) computed tomography is used to assess the 3D configuration…
Basic Knowledge of Vocal Fold Paralysis
(1) Department of Otlaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan Abstract Vocal fold paralysis is a pathological finding of motion impairment of…
Etiologies of Vocal Fold Paralysis and Conventional Surgical Procedures Used to Treat Paralytic Dysphonia
(1) Department of Otlaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan Abstract Modern imaging techniques including computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and ultrasonography…
Summary and Future Perspectives
(1) Department of Otlaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan Abstract The contents of Chaps. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 are…
