A 52-year-old female with postbulbar poliomyelitis dysphagia and malnutrition was treated with enteral nutritional support resulting in improved deglutition. Subsequent cricopharyngeal myotomy resulted in a return to normal swallowing and maintenance of a normal nutritional status. Postpoliomyelitis dysphagia is reviewed.
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