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Objectives: The presence of dysphagia in stroke is associated with mortality and morbidity. The aim of this retrospective study is to present the relationship between dysphagia and the demographic characteristics of the patient, and the type and localisation of brain lesion in the acute period in stroke patients with dysphagia., Materials and Methods: The data of 284 patients who had stroke-related dysphagia, had a disease duration 1-3 months, had no history of swallowing dysfunction before the event, and had their brain MRI/CT reports in the hospital were included., Results: The rate of tube-dependent oral areas was higher in the lesions located in the pons and the medulla than in the lesions located in the MCA cortex, the basal ganglia, and the cerebellum ( p  ˂ 0.001, p  = 0.032 and p  = 0.011, respectively) and the percentage of those fed with NG + TPN + PEG was statistically significantly higher ( p  = 0.002, p  = 0.032 and p  = 0.011, respectively). History of pneumonia was found to be statistically significantly higher in the lesions located in the pons and the medulla than in the lesions located in the MCA cortex, ACA cortex, PCA cortex, the basal ganglia, periventricular white matter, the thalamus, the cerebellum, and the midbrain ( p  ˂ 0.001, p  = 0.005, p  = 0.023, p  ˂ 0.001, p  = 0.023, p  = 0.001, p  = 0.011 and p  = 0.023, respectively)., Conclusion: In conclusion, although lesion localisation in the acute period in patients with dysphagia varied in terms of clinical swallowing evaluation findings, weight loss, pneumonia history, the rate of tube-dependent intake, were shown to be higher in patients who had lesions in the pons and the medulla, which is a finding that should be considered in the clinical follow-up of acute stroke patients with lesions in the pons and the medulla.

Aims: This study aims to investigate phantom limb pain (PLP), PLP-related factors, and the effect of PLP on quality of life in patients who had undergone upper or lower extremity amputation., Methods: One hundred four patients with unilateral amputation of the upper or lower extremity were included in this cross-sectional study. The patients were divided into two groups as patients with PLP and without PLP. Patients' demographic (age, gender, marital status, education level, employment status) and clinical information (date of amputation, amputated limb, the side, level and cause of amputation, phantom limb sensation and pain, sleep disorder) and quality of life (Nottingham extended activities of daily living index) were compared between the groups. In addition, factors associated with PLP were analysed., Results: Of the 104 patients, 47 patients (45.19%) had PLP. In the group with PLP, phantom sensation and sleep disturbance were significantly higher, whereas the time elapsed after amputation and Nottingham extended activities of daily living index score were significantly lower ( p  < 0.05). The relationship between PLP and sleep disorder and between PLP and marital status was significant ( p  < 0.05)., Conclusions: Our study results showed that PLP was associated with sleep disorder and marital status, and the quality of life was low in the group with PLP. Therefore, PLP evaluation should not be disregarded in amputees; PLP should be treated to increase quality of life.