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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Hamid Qazi, MD, BSc [2], Feham Tariq, MD [3]

Esophageal dysphagia

Endoscopy

The endoscopy should be performed when:

• The patient presented with symptoms of difficulty swallowing, painful swallowing, and aspiration
• Standard test performed when patient has risk of developing pneumonia and diagnosing swallowing difficuties

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Oropharyngeal dysphagia

Video Fluoroscopic Swallowing Study

Video Fluoroscopic Swallowing Study(VFSS), also known as modified barium swallow, is used as the initial study for the evaluation of oropharyngeal dysphagia.