🌐 EnglishEN

AI Cure is a research tool showing open data. Not medical advice. Discuss with your doctor. Terms

← Trials
🧪

Dysphagia After Anterior Cervical Spine Surgery

RecruitingNAAges 18 Years - anyAllUmeå University
NCT04855838 on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
💬

In plain words

What the trial is, and whether it could suit you

The purpose of this research project is to investigate the incidence of impaired swallowing (dysphagia) after anterior cervical spine surgery (ACSS) and to study the long-term effect of dysphagia on nutritional status 12 ± 3 months later. Furthermore, to investigate the effect of a new rehabilitation method for dysphagia among individuals with swallowing dysfunction after ACSS.

Sign in to get the eligibility rules as simple questions to take to your doctor.

Sign in
📋 Eligibility rules (as published)
Inclusion Criteria: * All patients enrolled at the University Hospital of Umeå who have undergone ACSS between C2 and Th1 level due to trauma are eligible participants in the first part of the study. * Eligibility criteria to participate in part 2 is swallowing dysfunction on FEES at 4±1-week post-operation Exclusion Criteria: * Patients \<18 years of age * known dysphagia prior to the trauma/injury * affected brainstem that is shown on a CT or MRI * severe brain damage.
💊

What it tests

  • Oral neuromuscular training
📍

Where

1 site
University Hospital of Umeå
Umeå, Sweden
🤝 Taking part is your choice, and you can leave at any time. Only the trial team can confirm you are eligible — always decide together with your own doctor.
🛡️

AI Cure shows public evidence (Open Targets, ClinicalTrials.gov, PubMed, openFDA, DepMap, AlphaFold) with its source, and AI summaries that cite it — not medical advice and not a cure. Treatment decisions belong with your doctor. Research ideas are shared only with approved researchers and labs, who can test them. In an emergency call your local emergency number (112 in India and Europe, 911 in the US). AI Cure Terms of Use · Privacy