嚥下障害のリハビリテーション

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Rehabilitation for dysphagia were attempted to cases of dysphagia due to cerebral thrmbosis. The first case is a 44-year-old man suffering from dysphagia because of velopharyngeal insufficiency after an attack of cerebral thrombosis. Velopharyngeal plasty was performed four months after the attack, but the result was insufficient and rehabilitation for his dysphagia was started six months after the onset, then his dysphagia was improved and he could eat without any trouble.
The second case was a 44-year-old man suffering from dysphagia by cerebral thorombosis, who did not want to undergo operation. His rehabilitation was attempted a year and a half after the attack. Eleven months after the biginning of the rehabilitation, he woke up because he could not swallow saliva at night, but he did not have any other trouble in his dialy life. In The Kanagawa Rehabilitation Hospital there were thirty-nine patients of dysphagia form January 1984 to August 1986. Five of them underwent rehabilitation for dysphagia and two of them were performed both operation and rehabilition for dysphagia, The importance of rehabilitation for dysphagia is stressed.