SURGICAL THERAPY FOR SWALLOWING DISORDERS

Citation
G. Wisdom et A. Blitzer, SURGICAL THERAPY FOR SWALLOWING DISORDERS, Otolaryngologic clinics of North America, 31(3), 1998, pp. 537
Citations number
82
Categorie Soggetti
Otorhinolaryngology
ISSN journal
00306665
Volume
31
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-6665(1998)31:3<537:STFSD>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
In a physiologic act as complex as swallowing, there are myriad causes of dysfunction that can disorder feeding and respiration with grave c onsequences.The appropriate diagnostic evaluation of dysphagia and asp iration along with a review of a range of surgical strategies to corre ct swallowing and aspiration disorders are presented in this article.