Fluoroscopic Swallowing Abnormalities in Dysphagic Patients Following Anterior Cervical Spine Surgery.
Shumon Ian DharAdam M WegnerPope RodnoiJohn C WuellnerOmid Benjamin MehdizadehShih C ShenYuval NachalonNogah Nativ-ZeltzerPeter C BelafskyEric O KlinebergPublished in: The Annals of otology, rhinology, and laryngology (2020)
Chronic swallowing dysfunction after ACSS appears to be secondary to pharyngeal weakness and not diminished UES opening, the presence of aspiration, vocal fold immobility, or ACSS instrumentation factors.Level of Evidence: 3b.