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The aim of the study is to estimate the effect of chewing gum after anterior cervical fusion surgery on decreasing the severity of dysphagia in patients with mild-moderate dysphagia.


Clinical Trial Description

Postoperative dysphagia is the most common complication of anterior cervical fusion surgery. Previous studies showed that chewing gum helped to improve swallow frequency and latency. However, its short-term effect on alleviating dysphagia symptom after anterior cervical surgery is still unknown. A randomized, parallel controlled, superiority trial is performed in patients with postoperative mild-moderate dysphagia. Dysphagia severity will be assessed using dysphagia short questionnaire (DSQ) score in the chewing gum group and control group during 7 days after surgery, and the changes in DSQ score between two groups will be compared, to estimate the effect of chewing gum on alleviating dysphagia symptom. ;


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NCT number NCT03524703
Study type Interventional
Source Guangdong General Hospital
Contact Yunbing Chang, M.D., Ph.D.
Phone 86-020-83827812
Email cspine@qq.com
Status Recruiting
Phase N/A
Start date April 28, 2018
Completion date December 30, 2019

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