ABSTRACT NUMBER: ESOC2026A540 ENHANCING POST-STROKE EXTUBATION SWALLOWING RECOVERY WITH PHARYNGEAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION: EVIDENCE FROM A META-ANALYSIS OF RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS
Khalid Sarhan, Rashad G Mohamed · 2026
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Khalid Sarhan and Rashad G Mohamed report a 2026 conference review on throat muscle stimulation to help swallowing after stroke. Swallowing trouble after stroke raises the risk of food entering the lungs and long hospital stays. The method sends mild electric pulses to the throat to retrain the swallow reflex.
Nine trials with close to four hundred fifty patients were pooled. Patients who got the pulses swallowed better overall and had lower trouble scores than control groups. They were more than twice as likely to lose their feeding tube and take food by mouth. Hospital stays shrank, with the clearest gain after breathing tube removal. No rise in serious harms appeared, and the pair back the method as a rehab add-on.
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| CREATOR | Khalid Sarhan, Rashad G Mohamed |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |