Transient bilateral vocal cord paralysis after endotracheal intubation with double-lumen tube -A case report- [PDF]
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology, 2010 Vocal cord paralysis is one of the most serious anesthetic complications related to endotracheal intubation. The practitioner should take extreme care, as bilateral vocal cord paralysis can obstruct the airway and lead to disastrous respiratory problems.
Dae Myoung Jeong +3 more
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An unusual cause of difficult weaning in a patient with newly diagnosed small cell lung cancer [PDF]
Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2015 We describe a patient with acute respiratory insufficiency and difficult ventilator weaning in the ICU ward, leading to diagnosis of small cell lung cancer with superior vena cava superior syndrome.
G. Deslypere +5 more
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Acoustic Outcomes Comparison Injection Versus Medialization Laryngoplasty [PDF]
Central Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2020 Objectives: To determine whether injection laryngoplasty or medialization thyroplasty is more effective in the treatment of unilateral vocal fold paralysis.
Nergui Sodnompil +5 more
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Previously Undiagnosed Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy as a Cause of Airway Obstruction after Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Prostatectomy [PDF]
Case Reports in Anesthesiology, 2017 Background. Preoperative vocal cord paralysis is a risk factor for postoperative respiratory distress following extubation after general anesthesia. We present an unusual case where a geriatric patient developed airway obstruction after robot-assisted ...
Miyuki Niki +8 more
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Treatment of bilateral vocal cord paralysis following permanent recurrent laryngeal nerve injury [PDF]
, 2012 Bilateral vocal cord paralysis is a serious illness requiring emergency intervention to resolve the potentially life-threatening respiratory distress. Several surgical procedures were proposed to help improve the airway and to eliminate the tracheostoma ...
DISPENZA, Carlo +4 more
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Vocal Cord Paralysis and Parathyroid Cyst [PDF]
Southeastern European Medical Journal, 2017 Aim: Parathyroid gland lesions are an extremely rare clinical entity, mostly manifesting as adenoma and hyperplasia, rarely as parathyroid cysts, and most infrequently as carcinoma.
Ana Đanić Hadžibegović +3 more
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Dysphagia Secondary to Vocal Cord Paralysis: A Case Report [PDF]
The Korean Journal of Helicobacter and Upper Gastrointestinal Research, 2023 A 51-year-old man with a 10-day history of acute-onset dysphagia presented with inability to swallow anything orally. The patient was unable to swallow any radiopaque contrast medium; therefore, a videofluoroscopic swallow study could not be performed ...
Oong Hee Shin +2 more
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Clinico-etiological Profile of Vocal Cord Paralysis
Bengal Journal of Otolaryngology and Head Neck Surgery, 2019 Introduction Vocal Cord Paralysis may be of central or peripheral origin based on the underlying pathology. Central Causes contribute about 10% while peripheral causes about 90% and the current study evaluated the clinical profile of vocal cord ...
Shivakumar Senniappan +5 more
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Traumatic vocal cord paralysis [PDF]
Turkish Archives of Otorhinolaryngology, 2011 As the neck is a region where many important structures exist, neck trauma creates serios problems. The most of important is airway obstruction and urgent airway is critical. Neck trauma is classified as blunt and penetrating trauma.
Tolgar Lütfi Kumral +6 more
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Multiple-System Atrophy with Cerebellar Predominance Presenting as Respiratory Insufficiency and Vocal Cords Paralysis [PDF]
Case Reports in Medicine, 2010 Background. MSA (Multiple System Atrophy) may be associated either with Parkinsonism or with cerebellar ataxia (MSA-c subtype). It is considered a rare disease, but many patients are misdiagnosed as suffering from idiopathic Parkinson's disease.
Ramon Andrade Bezerra de Mello +4 more
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