TY - JOUR
T1 - Functional evaluation of swallowing in patients with tongue cancer before and after surgery using high-speed continuous magnetic resonance imaging based on T2-weighted sequences
AU - Nishimura, Shun
AU - Tanaka, Tatsurou
AU - Oda, Masafumi
AU - Habu, Manabu
AU - Kodama, Masaaki
AU - Yoshiga, Daigo
AU - Osawa, Kenji
AU - Kokuryo, Shinya
AU - Miyamoto, Ikuya
AU - Kito, Shinji
AU - Wakasugi-Sato, Nao
AU - Matsumoto-Takeda, Shinobu
AU - Joujima, Takaaki
AU - Miyamura, Yuichi
AU - Hitomi, Suzuro
AU - Yamamoto, Noriaki
AU - Uehara, Masataka
AU - Sasaguri, Masaaki
AU - Ono, Kentaro
AU - Yoshioka, Izumi
AU - Tominaga, Kazuhiro
AU - Morimoto, Yasuhiro
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2018/1
Y1 - 2018/1
N2 - Objectives The aim of this study was to determine the usefulness of evaluating the function of swallowing before and after surgery in patients with tongue cancer by using T2-weighted sequences of high-speed continuous magnetic resonance imaging (HSCMRI). Study Design The imaging findings and related parameters on HSCMRI along with those on routine MRI examinations before and after surgery were examined in 19 patients with tongue cancer. In addition, changes in various parameters during 1 year after surgery were evaluated in 10 patients. Results In most patients examined, the direction of flow to the esophagus could be seen on HSCMRI before and after surgery. Significant correlations were observed among 4 parameters and in the responses to a dysphagia questionnaire. Conclusions The results of the present study suggest that the dynamics of swallowing can be directly visualized on HSCMRI by using 4 parameters that permit the evaluation of changes before and after surgery, and this enables objective evaluation of patients' swallowing complaints.
AB - Objectives The aim of this study was to determine the usefulness of evaluating the function of swallowing before and after surgery in patients with tongue cancer by using T2-weighted sequences of high-speed continuous magnetic resonance imaging (HSCMRI). Study Design The imaging findings and related parameters on HSCMRI along with those on routine MRI examinations before and after surgery were examined in 19 patients with tongue cancer. In addition, changes in various parameters during 1 year after surgery were evaluated in 10 patients. Results In most patients examined, the direction of flow to the esophagus could be seen on HSCMRI before and after surgery. Significant correlations were observed among 4 parameters and in the responses to a dysphagia questionnaire. Conclusions The results of the present study suggest that the dynamics of swallowing can be directly visualized on HSCMRI by using 4 parameters that permit the evaluation of changes before and after surgery, and this enables objective evaluation of patients' swallowing complaints.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.oooo.2017.09.012
DO - 10.1016/j.oooo.2017.09.012
M3 - Article
C2 - 29128287
AN - SCOPUS:85034599758
SN - 2212-4403
VL - 125
SP - 88
EP - 98
JO - Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology
JF - Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology
IS - 1
ER -