HIGHLIGHTS

  • The lack of consensus in the execution and analysis of fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing is a recent conclusion in scientific evidence.
  • Understanding essential points of this method in the assessment of oropharyngeal dysphagia can contribute to more robust clinical decision-making and more effective therapeutic planning.
  • The opinion of experts in the field on the contributions of the exam in the context of clinical decision-making and rehabilitation in oropharyngeal dysphagia is essential for this re-thinking.

 

AUTORES

SILVA, Roberta Gonçalves da ALVES, Thaís Coelho COLA, Paula Cristina PERNAMBUCO, Leandro MAGALHÃES JÚNIOR, Hipólito Virgílio FURKIM, Ana Maria ONOFRI, Suely Mayumi Motonaga