Retrograde Cricopharyngeal Dsyfunction If you are struggling with symptoms of after meal bloating, chest discomfort, excessive flatulence, and an inability to burp, then you may have a functional condition called Retrograde Cricopharyngeal Dysfunction (R-CPD)! Having been treating the condition since its first description in 2019 by Robert Bastian et al, we at MSAC thought,
Happy New Year! Is one of your New Year’s resolutions to increase your knowledge in all things dysphagia? Perhaps you want training in how to perform nasendoscopy independently to a high standard? Whatever your dysphagia goals, perhaps our MSAC
We are very pleased to be able to welcome patients to our new location in the newly inaugurated Melbourne ENT Group Rooms, at Level 1, 449 Swan St, Richmond, Victoria, Australia. A comfortable and uplifting space with state of the art equipment. Here we will be able to provide a complete swallow evaluation experience
The Melbourne Swallow Analysis Centre is very excited to welcome Dr Anthony Rotman to the team. Anthony is a Melbourne-trained ENT Surgeon with a special interest in voice, swallow and airway disorders. He joins MVAC after returning from the United Kingdom where he undertook not one, but two Laryngology Fellowships. After completing his medical
We have recently published the findings of our two year prospective trial comparing oral salivary pepsin testing to 24 hour dual probe pH/impedance monitoring in the diagnosis of Laryngopharyngeal Reflux. Oral Salivary pepsin testing may be a promising easily available screening test for LPR and continues to be offered at Melbourne Swallow.. Follow the
High Resolution Oesophageal and Pharyngeal Manometry has landed at MSAC! This new swallowing diagnostic tool represents state-of-the art practice in the complete dysphagia management. Not only does it provide established oesophageal functional analysis, which is more widely available, it brings with it exciting opportunities for pharyngeal analysis, the first of it’s kind in Victoria.
