Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation;
Int J Gen Med. 2008 Nov 30;1:11-3. doi: 10.2147/ijgm.s3745.
Treatment of patients with anterior cervical osteophytes causing dysphagia includes conservative treatment with anti-inflammatory drugs, muscle relaxants, antibiotics, and an appropriate soft diet. Physical therapy with its advantages may be an alternative method in the treatment, which was not reported previously.
Phonophoresis therapy is applied in nine patients with dysphagia due to cervical osteophytes.
The symptom of dysphagia regressed in various degrees in all patients after phonophoresis therapy.
Phonophoresis might be an alternative method for the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) treatment in patients with dysphagia due to cervical osteophytes.
治疗因前颈椎骨赘导致吞咽困难的患者包括使用抗炎药物、肌肉松弛剂、抗生素和适当的软食进行保守治疗。物理治疗具有优势，可能是以前未报道过的治疗方法。
对 9 名因颈椎骨赘导致吞咽困难的患者应用声透疗法。
所有患者在声透疗法后吞咽困难症状均有不同程度的消退。
声透疗法可能是治疗因颈椎骨赘导致吞咽困难患者的非甾体抗炎药（NSAID）替代治疗方法。
