Esophageal stent use resulted in a significant improvement in mean dysphagia scores in the immediate post stent period but failed to demonstrate any positive changes in weight, body mass index (BMI) or albumin.
The Access and No-Access cohorts had similar reported dysphagia (86% vs 75.5%, respectively; P = .2) and mean preesophagectomy serum albumin (3.9 vs 4 gm/dL, respectively; P = .2).
Subcutaneous edema, severe muscle weakness and dysphagia together with elevated creatine kinase, D-dimer and triglyceride levels, and decreased albumin levels were found in anti-NXP-2-positive DM.
As neurodegenerative processes are implicated in swallowing dysfunction, we hypothesized that the presence of ApoE 4 would be predictive of dysphagia symptoms in older adults.
A 15-year-old girl who underwent posterior instrumented fusion for AIS was admitted to our department 10 years later with a complaint of dysphagia due to an esophageal perforation from a malpositioned T4 pedicle screw (PS).
Compared to controls, NUR-HV were younger (51.2 ± 16.8 years vs. 57.6 ± 15.2, p = 0.05), had a lower baseline BMI (28.2 ± 6.4 vs. 31.3 ± 5.4, p = 0.003) and ASA scores (p = 0.02), presented with higher GERSS (46 (28-60) vs. 35 (19-48), p = 0.02) and dysphagia scores (3 (1-5) vs. 2 (0-4), p = 0.02), were associated with LNF (77.7% vs. 54.6%, p = 0.02), and experienced more post-operative dysphagia (13.3% vs. 4.6%, p = 0.06).