Journal Reviews

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How common is dysphonia and dysphagia after cardiac surgery?

6 January 2023 | | Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice | Cardiac surgery, Dysphagia, Laryngeal complications, Nationwide Readmissions Database, Vocal fold paralysis

Patients undergoing cardiac surgeries, such as coronary artery bypass (CABG) and valve operations, are usually informed that there may be some risk of laryngeal complications that could result in a dysphonia or dysphagia. This may be due to factors including...

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Centralisation of care for acoustic tumour surgeries?

1 September 2019 | | Neurotology | Acoustic neuroma, Outcomes, Quality, Readmissions, Vestibular schwannoma

Several factors are responsible for readmission after acoustic tumour removal. The authors retrospectively studied the association between hospital, patient and insurance factors with the rate of readmission following acoustic tumour removal in the United States using the Nationwide Readmission Database...