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Tracheal Tube and Swallowing After Head and Neck Surgery

Sponsor: Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS

Summary

The present study was designed as a cross-sectional observational study providing the enrollment of tracheostomized patients undergoing major oncological surgery for head-neck cancer. Aims: * to provide objective data on the bolus transit during swallowing in tracheostomized patients with tracheal tube and without tracheal tube closing directly the tracheal stoma with a plaster, in order to sustain the choice to preserve the TT in dysphagic patients after oncologic surgery for more security during swallowing rehabilitation or adjuvant treatment. * to evaluate the features of swallowing, specifically bolus transit, in patients affected by head and neck cancer who underwent major oncological surgery.

Official title: THE IMPACT OF TRACHEAL TUBE ON SWALLOWING IN POST-OPERATIVE HEAD AND NECK CANCER PATIENTS: SCINTIGRAPHIC ANALYSIS

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