1Chief Oncosurgeon and Director, Mahatma Gandhi Cancer Hospital, Miraj, Maharashtra, India
2Consultant, Mahatma Gandhi Cancer Hospital, Miraj, Maharashtra, India
3Assistant Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Government Dental College and Hospital, Jamnagar, Gujarat, India
*Correspondence Dr. Nishit Kumar Shah. Assistant Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Government Dental College and Hospital, Jamnagar, Gujarat, India. Phone: +91-9824282509. Email: drnishitomfs@gmail.com
Online published on 18 January, 2019.
Dysphagia is not only a main symptom of the head and neck cancer, but also the dangerous complication of the various surgical and other treatment modalities for the same. Though various studies have been done to diagnose this condition but very little is done towards the surgical management of this life threatening condition. Through this article the new surgical technique of managing esophageal dysphagia by hyoid suspension. Our technique zygomatico-hyoid suspension is simple and logically effective way of managing dysphagia secondary to the surgical resection of the lesion in the patient with head and neck cancer. Though this technique is not tried in large number of patients hence the long-term benefits and overall improvement in patient's quality of life is yet to be ascertained, but still it can be a new direction in the surgical management of dysphagia.
Dysphagia, hy-fy hitch, hyoid suspension
