Post-laryngectomy: It's hard to swallow : Alian study of prevalence and self-reports of swallowing function after a total laryngectomy

Dysphagia

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 172-179

  MacLean, Julia ^a   Cotton, Susan ^b   Perry, Alison ^c  

^a ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Deglutition; Deglutition disorders; Dysphagia prevalence; Total laryngectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNGECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SWALLOWING; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TIME;

AGED; AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; DEGLUTITION; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67650379752     PISSN: 0179051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00455-008-9189-5     Document Type: Article

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