What should I look for in a dysphagia diet?
1, sitting position, head tilted forward slightly lower, this position, the epiglottis cartilage will cover the airway, reducing the flow of food into the airway. When swallowing, you can turn…
Category: Esophageal corrosion injury
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What is a swallowing angiogram?
VFSE, also known as videofluoroscopic swallowing study (VFSS), is a clinical examination method that uses imaging to observe swallowing disorders and is considered the “gold standard” for the evaluation of…
Catheter balloon dilation for swallowing disorders
Catheter balloon dilation is a treatment method that uses a common catheter balloon with different sizes of dilating balloons obtained by water injection to relieve swallowing disorders caused by cricopharyngeal…
Chemical burns of the esophagus
Esophageal tissue injury caused by spontaneous or accidental swallowing of chemical corrosives, such as strong acids, strong bases, heavy metal salt solutions, etc. Strong acid burns mainly produce tissue protein…
Treatment of late complications of chemical injuries of the esophagus
There are three main types of chemicals that cause chemical burns in the esophagus: acids, bases, and other chemicals. In children it is mostly accidental, in adults, it can be…
How to treat dysphagia?
This afternoon, just after work, the patient’s family member, Mrs. Niu, came to the physician’s office with great enthusiasm and said to me, “Director Wu, our old cow had his…
Radioactive particle-carrying esophageal stenting
Recently, the Department of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Radiology and Department of Nuclear Medicine in our hospital successfully implanted a Ⅰ125 particle esophageal stent for a patient with esophageal cancer,…