@article{4c72468ff1d94102ad6c8d8da6708fa8,
title = "Prospective Comprehensive Swallowing Evaluation of Minimally Invasive Esophagectomies with Cervical Anastomosis: Silent Versus Vocal Aspiration.",
author = "Kfir Ben-David and Amy Fullerton and Georgios Rossidis and Michael Michel and Ryan Thomas and George Sarosi and Jeff White and Christopher Giordano and Steven Hochwald",
note = "Introduction Pneumonia and tracheal aspiration remain problematic following esophagectomy. We hypothesized that the incidence of postesophagectomy pneumonia occurs in part because of swallowing dysfunction and more importantly silent tracheobronchial aspiration. Therefore, we instituted a routine prospective formal swallowing evaluation to determine if the aspiration rate and its associated morbidity can be decreased by early identification of patients with silent or vocal aspiration.",
year = "2015",
month = jul,
day = "23",
doi = "10.1007/S11605-015-2889-X",
language = "American English",
volume = "19",
journal = "Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery",
number = "10",
}