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A narrative review on the role and main findings of the Videofluoroscopic Study of Swallowing in Parkison's disease

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RADIOLOGIA MEDICA
卷 128, 期 1, 页码 27-34

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SPRINGER-VERLAG ITALIA SRL
DOI: 10.1007/s11547-022-01581-7

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Parkinson's disease; Dysphagia; Videofluoroscopic study of swallowing (VFSS); Swallowing disorders; Deglutition disorders

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Dysphagia is a common symptom in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), but is often undiagnosed until complications arise. This review highlights the importance of Video-Fluoroscopic-Swallow-Study (VFSS) in confirming and evaluating dysphagia in PD patients. VFSS is essential for identifying patients at high risk of aspiration pneumonia and guiding treatment strategies.
Purpose Dysphagia is a common symptom in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), though it may go undiagnosed until severe complications arise. Dysphagia can be suspected on a clinical basis, but an instrumental assessment is mandatory to confirm its presence and evaluate pathophysiological aspects and severity of the swallowing impairment. Aim of this review is to inform the clinician and the radiologist on the importance and the main radiological findings of the Video-Fluoroscopic-Swallow-Study (VFSS) in patients with PD starting from the most recent literature data on the topic. Materials and methods Databases analysis identified 98 papers (January 2000/October 2022) of which 55 were excluded after reading title, abstract and full-text. After evaluation of the selected articles and their references 7 additional papers were added. Results Fifty papers were reviewed to answer the following four main questions: Should VFSS be routinely used to screen dysphagia? Compared to other diagnostic tools, what is the role of VFSS in PD patients with suspected dysphagia? What are the main VFSS findings and technical expedients ? What is the role of VFSS in the choice of the best treatment strategy ? Conclusions VFSS represents a gold standard technique in the diagnostic evaluation of dysphagia in PD, having a fundamental role in the identification of patients with high risk of aspiration pneumonia and also being extremely helpful to guide to the choice of treatment strategies for dysphagia.

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