Swallowing dysfunction after minimally invasive oesophagectomy.

Della MannJennifer H BenbowNicole L GowerSally TrufanMichael WatsonMadison E ColcordMalcolm H SquiresVishwa S RajJoshua S HillJonathan C Salo

Published in: BMJ supportive & palliative care (2020)

Swallowing dysfunction after oesophagectomy is correlated with increased age and need for preoperative enteral feeding tube placement. Further research is needed to understand the relationship between muscle loss and aspiration with the goal of enabling preoperative physiological optimisation and patient selection.

Keyphrases

minimally invasive
patients undergoing
oxidative stress
ultrasound guided
case report
skeletal muscle