title: Surgical therapy for swallowing disorders.
abstract: In a physiologic act as complex as swallowing, there are myriad causes of dysfunction that can disorder feeding and respiration with grave consequences. The appropriate diagnostic evaluation of dysphagia and aspiration along with a review of a range of surgical strategies to correct swallowing and aspiration disorders are presented in this article.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wisdom
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Blitzer
mesh_terms: D003679:Deglutition / Q000502:physiology; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010614:Pharynx / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D013525:Surgical Instruments