title: [Dysphagia].
abstract: The otolaryngologist has a central role in the detailed examination for dysphagia with its vast differential diagnosis. The carefully elicited medical history and a deliberately focused physical examination are the most important tools to disclose the basis of the dysphagia. Nonspecific blind treatment of dysphagia is obsolete.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Hals-, Nasen- und Ohrenleiden, Inselspital, Bern.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Hotz
mesh_terms: D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D004947:Esophagus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008487:Medical History Taking; D010808:Physical Examination; D011859:Radiography; D014741:Video Recording