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Otolaryngology: ENT Surgery
6th International Conference on
Cell & Stem Cell Research
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Journal of Otolaryngology Online Journal | Volume 8
Flexible Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES)
Anatoli Pataridou
Hygeia Hospital, Greece
Dysphagia, or else swallowing disorders, are associated
with any subjective or objective difficulty in swallowing
solid or liquid foods or the appearance of coughing or choking
when swallowing. It is a very serious symptom that should
be treated promptly, to avoid more serious complications for
the patient. Dysphagia may be seen at various age groups,
from infants to the elderly and may be the result of head and
neck diseases, mouth, pharynx, larynx, palate malignancies,
neuromuscular disorders, neurological diseases (multiple
sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease etc.), strokes, or it may follow
after head injuries, complications in surgery, or x-raying in the
head and neck area. In children, it is mainly due to congenital
disorders, while in the elderly mainly due to degeneration
of the central nervous system causing dysfunction in
swallowing and other neurological diseases that lead to loss
of consciousness, etc.
Swallowing disorders, however, can also occur suddenly, if
they are a result of a car accident, trauma or postoperative
complication, and in these cases immediate restoration of
the feeding function is required for the patient’s survival.
This can happen during feeding via a Levin tube or even
gastrostomy. Dysphagia is being diagnosed with a very
specialized and affordable test, which can be done at the
clinic, at the hospital or at home if the patient cannot be
transported. This examination is known as FEES (Flexible
endoscopic evaluation of swallowing).
Speaker Biography
Anatoli Pataridou is an eminent physician. She has contributedwith complete success to
the 1st in Greece intermittent tumor removal from the larynx with the Da Vinci Robotic
SurgerySystematHygeiaHospital.Herclinicalandresearch interestfocusesontransient
Robotic Surgery in the treatment of benign diseases such as obstructive sleep apnea
and malignant mouth-pharyngeal laryngeal conditions in the application of Endoscopic
Laser CO2 in the treatment of benign and malignant oral pharyngeal disorders-larynx.
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Anatoli Pataridou, ENT and Stem Cell 2018, Volume 8
DOI: 10.4066/2250-0359-C1-002