Background. After radiotherapy to the head and neck, many patients experience swallowing difficulties. Preliminary work indicates that these patients benefit from the supersupraglottic swallow maneuver. Methods. Lateral videofluoroscopic studies examined oropharyngeal swallowing in 9 patients who s
Pretreatment swallowing function in patients with head and neck cancer
β Scribed by Barbara Roa Pauloski; Alfred W. Rademaker; Jerilyn A. Logemann; David Stein; Quinter Beery; Lisa Newman; Cathy Hanchett; Stephanie Tusant; Ellen MacCracken
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 106 KB
- Volume
- 22
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1043-3074
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