BACKGROUND: Dysphagia and aspiration are long-term complications with life-threatening consequences following treatment of head and neck cancer. We would like to assess the prevalence of aspiration in patients with long-term persistence of dysphagia (1 year or more) following treatment for head and neck cancer and to identify potential risk factors of aspiration. METHODS: Modified barium swallow (MBS) examinations were performed in cancer-free patients who complained of dysphagia following treatment for head and neck cancer. The severity of the dysphagia was graded on a scale of 1-7. RESULTS: Between 1992 and 2004, 74 patients with dysphagia underwent MBS 12-152 months following treatment (median 29 months). There were 2 grade 1, 22 grade 3, 21 grade 4, 11 grade 5, 7 grade 6, and 11 grade 7 cases. Twenty-nine patients (39%) had long-term aspiration at a median follow-up of 25 months (range 12-82). Eighteen patients (24%) required permanent gastrostomy because of severe aspiration. Type of treatment and disease stage did not seem to influence long-term aspiration risk. CONCLUSION: Patients with long-term dysphagia after treatment for head and neck cancer are at risk of aspiration. MBS should be performed to identify these patients. Copyright 2008 S. Karger AG, Basel.
BACKGROUND:Dysphagia and aspiration are long-term complications with life-threatening consequences following treatment of head and neck cancer. We would like to assess the prevalence of aspiration in patients with long-term persistence of dysphagia (1 year or more) following treatment for head and neck cancer and to identify potential risk factors of aspiration. METHODS: Modified barium swallow (MBS) examinations were performed in cancer-freepatients who complained of dysphagia following treatment for head and neck cancer. The severity of the dysphagia was graded on a scale of 1-7. RESULTS: Between 1992 and 2004, 74 patients with dysphagia underwent MBS 12-152 months following treatment (median 29 months). There were 2 grade 1, 22 grade 3, 21 grade 4, 11 grade 5, 7 grade 6, and 11 grade 7 cases. Twenty-nine patients (39%) had long-term aspiration at a median follow-up of 25 months (range 12-82). Eighteen patients (24%) required permanent gastrostomy because of severe aspiration. Type of treatment and disease stage did not seem to influence long-term aspiration risk. CONCLUSION:Patients with long-term dysphagia after treatment for head and neck cancer are at risk of aspiration. MBS should be performed to identify these patients. Copyright 2008 S. Karger AG, Basel.
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