Hypopharyngeal hemangiomas are uncommon neoplasms that can cause dysphagia, recurrent bleeding, and airway obstruction. These lesions are a therapeutic challenge, and surgical resection is the mainstay of therapy. The goal of therapy is directed at control of the tumor and relief of symptoms rather than total eradication of the lesion. Laser therapy is a very useful adjunct in the management of...

Background: Optimizing the therapeutic ratio for radiation therapy (RT) in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is uniquely challenging owing to high rates of early late toxicity involving nearby organs at risk. These toxicities have a profound impact on treatment compliance quality life. Emerging evidence suggests that RT dose alone cannot fully account variable severity RT-related ad...

This study aimed to (a) identify characteristics of dysphagia research receiving online attention; (b) determine associations between altmetric scores and traditional metrics; (c) establish differences in open access closed funded non-funded research. Altmetric Explorer was searched on 7th October 2019 contemporary (January 2014 January 2019) articles with the keyword ‘dysphagia’. Data from 100...

background: this study was done to assess the use of traditional/complementary and alternative medicine (tm/cam) during pregnancy and the reasons behind it from the mother’s perspective. materials and methods: in a cross-sectional study, 919 pregnant mothers attending at prenatal care units of governmental health centers recruited through a multistage sampling and completed a self-report questi...

background: hand eczema (he) is a dermatological disorder with frequent relapses and multiple causes such as atopic, allergic and irritant contact dermatitis. the management is complex because of the wide range of different pathogenesis. efficacy of some of available treatments is not well established and it can affect patients’ quality of life significantly. methods: reports on he such as diag...

background achalasia is the most recognized motor disorder of the esophagus.because it is an uncommon disease, most studies have reviewed small numbers of patients. here, we report demographic, clinical features and treatment outcomes in 700 achalasia patients. methods in all patients, diagnosis was established based on clinical, radiological, endoscopic and manometric criteria. a questionnaire...

BACKGROUND/AIMS A major drawback of laser endoscopy in the palliation of malignant dysphagia is the need for repeated treatments. This study was designed to test whether external beam radiotherapy would reduce the necessity for repeated laser therapy. PATIENTS/METHODS Sixty seven patients with inoperable oesophageal or gastric cardia cancers and satisfactory swallowing after initial laser rec...

We would like to highlight the article titled “Analysis of the Level of Dysphagia, Anxiety, and Nutritional Status before and after Speech Therapy in Patients with Stroke.” This study analyzed the nutritional status, oral ingestion, dysphagia level, and anxiety before and after speech therapy in patients diagnosedwith stroke. Twelve patients (mean age 64.6 years) without cognitive disorders and...