Background Severe dysphagia can cause intractable pneumonia and lead to life-
threatening conditions. Intractable aspiration can occur despite medical management for …

Objective To develop an expert consensus statement (ECS) on the management of
dysphagia in head and neck cancer (HNC) patients to address controversies and offer …

Glottal incompetence caused by unilateral vocal fold paralysis (UVFP) is a common cause of
dysphagia and aspiration. Treatments targeted at reducing glottal incompetence by injection …

Objective/Hypothesis We explored the following hypotheses in a cohort of patients
undergoing injection laryngoplasty:(1) glottic insufficiency affects voluntary cough airflow …

Objective To assess dysphagia outcomes following surgical management of unilateral vocal
fold immobility (UVFI) in adults. Data Sources Ovid MEDLINE, Embase, Web of Science, and …

Background The benefit of injection laryngoplasty (IL) on voice for unilateral vocal fold
paralysis (UVFP) is supported increasingly in literatures, yet less is known for swallowing …

Laser thermal ablation (LTA) is an increasingly common procedure to treat benign and
malignant thyroid nodules, allowing patients to avoid thyroidectomy. There are few reported …

Injection laryngoplasty is performed for treatment of vocal fold paralysis/paresis, atrophy,
bowing, scar and/or sulcus vocalis, and other causes of glotti c insufficiency or dysphonia …

Twenty patients developed pneumonia, with a significantly lower rate of pneumonia in the
group that underwent IL (hazard ratio 0.33, I pi= 0.045). Otolaryngology services are …

Introduction: Dysphagia secondary to head and neck cancer and its associated treatment is
on the rise. Exercise-based interventions are an important element of the global …