The aim of the "How To..." section is to provide guidance on how to perform a range of procedures used for evaluation of patients with motility-related upper GI tract disorders. Each procedure is ...

Flexible laryngoscopy reveals some unique aspects of swallowing and complements the fluoroscopy procedure. The fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES) procedure is a comprehensive ...

Swallowing fluoroscopy is the most common diagnostic test for patients with swallowing problems caused by conditions such as stroke, head and neck cancer, neurodegenerative disease, or prolonged ...

More than half a million children are diagnosed with swallowing problems each year. The gold standard for diagnosing swallowing problems is the videofluoroscopic swallow study, also known as the ...

This sixty-nine-year-old man had suffered from intermittent dysphagia for four years. After a bread-barium swallow (not shown here), he complained of dysphagia, and the bread could not be seen ...