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Dentomaxillofacial Radiology, Vol 26, Issue 6 354-356, Copyright © 1997 by British Institute of Radiology

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Ultrasonographic evaluation of piecemeal deglutition in normal adults

A. Fanucci, P. Cerro, F. Ietto, F. Berardi and L. Fraracci
Department of Radiology, Federico II University, Naples, Italy.

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the range of multiple swallowing in normal subjects by ultrasonography. METHODS: Twenty-two normal subjects swallowed 5 or 10 ml of tap water or a semisolid meal. RESULTS: With water multiple swallows were seen in 41% of the subjects examined and was related to the volume of the bolus:18% of the cases were 5 ml and 36% were 10 ml. Sixty-eight percent of subjects had multiple swallows with semisolid boluses. CONCLUSION: These results differ from those reported with videofluoroscopy of modified barium swallowing. Ultrasonography should be used in future studies of normal and pathological oral swallowing.




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