. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Aug 6.

Published in final edited form as: Dysphagia. 2019 Aug 6;35(3):419–437. doi: 10.1007/s00455-019-10045-6

Table 6.

Acute changes in swallow function

VFSS metrics (units)	Mean change score: 1 week post-surgery minus baseline (standard deviation)				p value ANOVA
	RLN transection (unilateral)	SLN Transection		Sham surgery
	RLN transection (unilateral)	Unilateral	Bilateral	Sham surgery
Tongue motility (licks per second)	− 0.5 (0.6)	0.18 (0.5)	0.3 (0.5)	0.1 (0.5)	0.009
Pharyngeal transit time (ms)	− 2.0 (11.7)	− 1.7 (17.6)	8.9 (21.1)	− 5.1 (1.4)	0.016
Esophageal transit time (ms)	210.6 (273.2)	− 27.9 (318.3)	189.6 (248.7)	17.0 (106.9)	0.103

Bold p values indicate statistical significance

ms milliseconds