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Laser augmented by brachytherapy versus laser alone in the palliation of adenocarcinoma of the oesophagus and cardia: a randomised study

, 2002
Background: Many patients with advanced malignant dysphagia are not suitable for definitive treatment. The best option for palliation of dysphagia varies between patients. This paper looks at a simple technique for enhancing laser recanalisation.
Lovat, L.B., Blackman, G.M., Solano, J., Thorpe, S.M., Bown, S.G., Tobias, J.S., Spencer, G.M.   +6 more
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Malposition of a Port Catheter in the Azygos Vein: Endovascular Repositioning Using a Long Loop Snare Technique

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Port catheters provide a reliable, long‐term venous access option in children for repeated administration of medications or parenteral nutrition. A cardiac catheterization procedure was performed in a 7‐year‐old girl in whom lateral chest radiography revealed posterior deviation suggestive of azygos vein malposition.
Axel Rentzsch, Annabelle Wagner, Jochen Pfeifer, Hashim Abdul‐Khaliq   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Maximal mouth opening in infants and toddlers with spinal muscular atrophy: a prospective controlled study

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
Background Bulbar function is frequently impaired in patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). Although extremely important for the patient’s quality of life, it is difficult to address therapeutically. Due to bulbar dysfunction, maximum mouth opening
Jana Zang, Deike Weiss, Charlotte Dumitrascu, Julia Glinzer, Marie Wegner, Anna Strube, Jonas Denecke, Almut Niessen, Christina Pflug   +8 more
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Associations Between Decision-Making Biases and Swallowing and Physical Functions in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study

Geriatrics
Background/Objective: In the context of global aging, maintaining daily habits such as adequate nutrition and regular exercise are essential to achieve healthy aging. Therefore, the preservation of swallowing and physical functions is fundamental.
Ayane Horike, Kohei Yamaguchi, Kanako Toda Shibahara, Jun Aida, Rieko Moritoyo, Kanako Yoshimi, Kazuharu Nakagawa, Haruka Tohara   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Survival Epidemiology Framework for Oral and Oropharyngeal Cancer

Cancer Nexus, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Oral and oropharyngeal cancer remains a major global public health burden, but the literature addressing this disease is still organized predominantly around who develops it rather than around what determines life after diagnosis. That imbalance is consequential because diagnosis initiates a new scientific problem.
Raphael E. Cuomo
wiley   +1 more source

A guide to neuromodulation in drug‐resistant epilepsy

Epileptic Disorders, EarlyView.
Abstract Neuromodulation is approved for the treatment of drug‐resistant epilepsy. It has been increasingly utilized over the past two decades with the approval of deep brain stimulation (DBS) and responsive neurostimulation (RNS) in addition to vagus nerve stimulation (VNS)—particularly in patients who are not deemed to be good resective surgical ...
Prachi Parikh, Irena Dolezawa, Manu Hegde, Lukas Imbach, Brian N. Lundstrom, Francesca Pizzo, Vikram R. Rao, Jaysingh Singh, Derek Southwell, Satsuke Watanabe, Birgit Frauscher   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rehabilitation Dysphagia Therapy for Individuals with Dysphagia [PDF]

, 2011
Introduction: Specialists in a variety of field should make dysphagia patients who are damaged by CNS(Central nerve system) impairment or various factors intake foods and water safely through the most appropriate dyshpagia rehabilitation approach and a ...
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Seminars in epileptology: Holistic management of epilepsy in adults with intellectual development disorders

Epileptic Disorders, EarlyView.
Abstract This seminar addresses the complexity of the management of epilepsy in adults with intellectual development disorders (IDD), advocating holistic and multidisciplinary care aligned with the learning objectives of the International League Against Epilepsy. Epilepsy is significantly more prevalent in people with IDD, presenting unique diagnostic,
Elena Fonseca, Antonella Riva, Samuel López‐Maza, Malin Zaddach, Marie‐Claire Porter, Ingo Borggraefe, Lance Watkins, Andreas Schulze‐Bonhage, Rohit Shankar, Pasquale Striano, Lina Nashef   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Unusual Manifestations of Bilateral Carotid Artery Dissection: Dysphagia and Hoarseness

, 2010
Dissection of the carotid artery can occur intracranially or extracranially, although dissections tend to affect extracranial segments of the arteries much more commonly than intracranial segments. Carotid artery dissection (CAD) is most common in middle-
Isildak, Huseyin, Yilmaz, Mehmet, Ibrahimov, Metin, Ozdogan, Ahmet, Karaman, Emin   +4 more
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Author Correction: Effects of thickened carbonated cola in older patients with dysphagia

Scientific Reports, 2023
Akino Saiki, Kanako Yoshimi, Kazuharu Nakagawa, Yuki Nagasawa, Akira Yoshizawa, Ryosuke Yanagida, Kohei Yamaguchi, Ayako Nakane, Keisuke Maeda, Haruka Tohara   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source