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Dysphagia, or difficulty swallowing, can be quite distressful to a patient of any age. The history and physical exam may help identify Physiologic or anatomic causes. One must also determine whether a neurologic process has occurred and disrupted the swallowing mechanism; for example, a patient may have new onset aspiration during an attempt to initiate swallowing or may have lost the gag reflex as after a recent stroke.
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Millikan, K.W. (1998). Dysphagia. In: Millikan, K.W., Saclarides, T.J. (eds) Common Surgical Diseases. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-2945-0_59
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