Restoring the Swallow: Surgical Solutions for Neurological Dysphagia
09-12, 15:00–15:30 (Europe/Istanbul), Phoniatrics 4 + Swallowing

Neurological dysphagia remains one of the most challenging disorders at the interface of neurology and otolaryngology. While rehabilitation and compensatory strategies have long been the cornerstone of management, surgery remains controversial. This lecture (or presenation within a panel) will address the current evidence while presenting case-based surgical options for treating these patients.


  • To review the current surgical options available for neurological dysphagia.

  • To identify appropriate patient selection criteria for surgical management.

  • To present personal experience from a Tertiary Dysphagia unit.

  • To discuss emerging technologies and future research directions in this domain.

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Emel Çadallı Tatar, M.D. is a Professor of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery. She has graduated from Hacettepe University, School of Medicine in 1999 and completed her Otolaryngology residency in 2004 at the same university. She was an otolaryngologist between 2007-2010, an attending otolaryngologist between 2010-2013, an associate professor between 2013-2020 and a professor since 2020. She has over 110 articles published atnational/international journals and over 425 citations.

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Associate Professor of the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens.

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