• Lin Wang, Jian Yao, Bugao Guan, Jin Xu, Haitao Yu, and Hongbo Li.
• Rehabilitation Medicine Department, Jinhu County People's Hospital, Huai'an City, Jiangsu Province, China.
• Medicine (Baltimore). 2022 Nov 4; 101 (44): e31460e31460.

BackgroundDysphagia is a serious complication after stroke, which has a significant influence on the health as well as life quality of global people. Patients with dysphagia tend to be a higher risk rate of an aspiration than general person. Catheter balloon dilatation is an additional therapy for treating dysphagia in recent years, which can improve the symptom of achalasia of cricopharyngeal muscle. This research will be used for confirming the efficacy and safety of the catheter balloon dilatation for resolving dysphagia.MethodsWe intend to search literature related to the research in different databases, for instance, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, Wanfang Data, PubMed, Cochrane Library, and Embase up to January 2022. Literature selection, data collection, as well as assessment of bias risk, will be carried out by 2 independent researchers. Data analysis will be conducted by using Stata and review manager 5.4.ResultsThe results will be submitted to a peer-reviewed journal.ConclusionThe research will verify whether or not catheter balloon dilatation can improve dysphagia by submitting high-quality data syntheses.Registration NumberCRD42022358433.Copyright © 2022 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.

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