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Original Article

Swallowing Dysfunction in the Brain-Damaged with Drooling

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Pages 141-149 | Received 01 Sep 1973, Published online: 08 Jul 2009
 

Abstract

The act of swallowing in nineteen brain-damaged patients with severe drooling has been studied by means of physical examination and intraluminal pressure recordings of the pharynx and oesophagus. Morphology was controlled by X-ray. The study formed part of an examination preparatory to surgery intending to reduce severe drooling. All patients showed swallowing disorders. The most usual pathological findings were un-coordinated tongue movements, delaying of the bolus in the mouth and pharynx, high tonus and spastic contraction of the pharyngo-oesophageal sphincter and dys-coordination between the pharynx and sphincter. The disorders of the oral and pharyngeal phases of swallowing seemed to be causative factors of drooling.

ZUSAMMENFASSUNG

Die Schlingbewegung von neunzehn Personen mit Gehirnschäden und starkem Geifer sind mittelst physikalischer Untersuchung und intraluminaler Druckmessung in Pharynx und ösophagus studiert worden. Die Morphologie wurde mit Röntgen kontrolliert. Die Untersuchungen gehörten zu den Kontrollen, die vor einer Operation mit dem Ziel einer Verminderung des Geifers gemacht wurden. Alle Patienten zeigten Schluckstörungen. Die gewöhnlichsten pathologischen Entdeckungen waren unkoordinierte Bewegungen der Zunge, Verlangsamung des Bolustransportes in Mund und Pharynx, hoher Tonus und spastische Kontraktion des pharyngoösophagealen Sphinkters und schliesslich mangelnde Koordination zwischen Pharynx und Sphinkter. Die pathologischen Befunde der oralen und pharyngealen Phase der Schlingbewegung scheinen von kausaler Bedeutung für den Geifer zu sein.

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