Endoscopic botulinum toxin injection for treatment of pharyngeal dysphagia in patients with cricopharyngeal dysfunction.

CONCLUSION: An endoscopic botulinum toxin injection may be a good treatment option for patients with dysphagia and cricopharyngeal dysfunction due to a neurological disorder. Large, prospective, long-term follow-up studies are needed in the future. PMID: 30353754 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30353754?dopt=Abstract

Source: Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology - October 27, 2018 Category: Gastroenterology Tags: Scand J Gastroenterol Source Type: research