Quality of life and swallowing outcomes after early proactive swallowing rehabilitation by either transcutaneous neuromuscular electrical stimulation or exercise-based swallowing training in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma after radiotherapy.

Background: Exercise-based swallowing training (EBST) and transcutaneous neuromuscular electrical stimulation (TNMES) are common modalities used to treat late dysphagia after radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). We aimed to investigate and compare the efficacies of EBST and TNMES as proactive treatments administered early after radiotherapy.

Methods: Patients with early post-radiotherapy NPC ( = 120) underwent either TNMES or EBST.

Effects of electrical stimulation on vocal functions in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

Objectives/hypothesis: This study aimed to evaluate the effects of neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) on vocal functions in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma following radiation therapy.

Study Design: Prospective, randomized controlled trial.

Methods: One hundred forty newly treated NPC patients were recruited and randomized into NMES or traditional swallowing exercise (TE) group.

Does Low Dose Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitor Prevent Pneumonia in Older People With Neurologic Dysphagia--A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial.

Objective: To examine if angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor reduces the risk of pneumonia in older patients on tube-feeding because of dysphagia from cerebrovascular diseases.

Design: Randomized placebo-controlled trial.

Setting: Acute and subacute geriatrics units, speech therapists' clinic, and nursing home.

One-stop evaluation of globus pharyngeus symptoms with transnasal esophagoscopy and swallowing function test.

Objective: To evaluate the feasibility of a one-stop assessment of patients complaining of globus sensation with transnasal esophagoscopy (TNE) and functional endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES).

Design: Prospective, nonrandomized, experimental investigation.

Setting: Tertiary referral centre.

Silent aspiration and swallowing physiology after radiotherapy in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

Background: There is a paucity of knowledge on dysphagia in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma postradiotherapy (NPC post-RT). The purpose of this study was to establish silent aspiration occurrence, safe bolus consistency, and their relationship with swallowing physiology in patients with dysphagic NPC post-RT.

Methods: Eighty-five patients with dysphagic NPC post-RT were assessed across 4 bolus consistencies.