Table 1

Characteristics of patients with normal preoperative and postoperative subjective swallowing function (patients 1–7) and patients in whom subjective swallowing function changed after surgery (patients 8–12)

Patient		Subjective dysphagia				Oral bolus preparation			Tongue base retraction		Initiation of swallowing reflex
Patient		Pre	Post			Pre	Post		Pre	Post	Pre	Post
1	0	0		0	0		1	0	2	2
2	0	0		0	0		1	1	2	2
3	0	0		1	1		2	1	2	3
4	0	0		0	0		3	1	3	3
5	0	0		3	1		3	1	3	2
6	0	0		0	0		3	0	2	2
7	0	0		0	0		1	1	2	2
8	0	3		0	3		4	1	2	3
9	0	1		0	1		0	1	3	2
10	0	1		0	1		1	1	1	3
11	1	0		0	0		0	0	0	0
12	1	2		3	1		3	1	0	2

Numbers represent scores as defined in the text. Higher scores indicate worse function.