Critical swallowing functions contributing to dysphagia in patients with recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis after esophagectomy.
Jun TakatsuEiji HigakiTetsuya AbeHironori FujiedaMasahiro YoshidaMasahiko YamamotoYasuhiro ShimizuPublished in: Esophagus : official journal of the Japan Esophageal Society (2024)
Impaired hyoid bone elevation is a specific dysphagia factor in patients with RLNP, suggesting compensatory epiglottis inversion by hyoid bone elevation is important for incomplete glottis closure caused by RLNP.