title: Swallowing recovery following anterior tongue and floor of mouth surgery.
abstract: Videofluoroscopic and clinical data are presented for postsurgical recovery of tongue and hyoid activity during swallowing. Comparison is made to normal controls. Postsurgery, but prior to radiotherapy, both the lingual propulsive gesture and hyoid velocity were slower than normal. These features of the swallow had returned to the normal range following radiotherapy. The general sequencing of swallowing events, and the relationship of the end of the tongue propulsion to anterior hyoid motion were normal in those patients able to swallow. In this patient group, postsurgical radiotherapy did not prevent continued recovery of swallowing function sufficient for oral nutrition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48201.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hamlet
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Patterson
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Michou
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cislo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002933:Cineradiography; D003679:Deglutition / Q000502:physiology*; D004750:Enteral Nutrition; D005260:Female; D005471:Fluoroscopy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D006928:Hyoid Bone / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009060:Mouth Floor / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000528:radiation effects / Q000601:surgery; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D010159:Palate / Q000503:physiopathology; D010614:Pharynx / Q000503:physiopathology; D013997:Time Factors; D014059:Tongue / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000528:radiation effects / Q000601:surgery; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*