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Prototype ‘piercing’ restores man’s ability to swallow
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New Findings
December 1, 2010
by Fightec.org
Surgeon Peter Belafsky had been tinkering with ways to treat
oropharyngeal dysphagia
–a swallowing disorder that when severe can prevent people from being able to swallow at all–for years.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-27083_3-20024189-247.html