. 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 7.

Chronic changes in swallow function

VFSS metrics (units)	Mean change score: 3 months 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)	− 0.2 (0.5)	0.2 (0.4)	0.3 (0.5)	− 0.00 (0.6)	0.169
Pharyngeal transit time (ms)	− 7.5 (12.9)	− 23.8 (14.3)	− 11.0 (16.5)	− 7.7 (13.5)	0.066
Esophageal transit time (ms)	96.7 (128.5)	− 23.6 (248.2)	− 20.1 (177.2)	175.6 (224.8)	0.098

ms milliseconds