Transient bilateral palsy of vocal cord after tonsillectomy in local anesthesia – case report

• Authors: Robert Wendt , Krzysztof Jarosław Dalke , Piotr Tomasz Glamowski

Abstracts

EN

Vocal cord palsy as a result of tonsillectomy in local anesthesia is a very rare complication. In literature, there is only few publication describing this side effect of tonsillectomy. We present a case of 26 years old men who was classified for surgical removing of tonsils in local anesthesia using 1% lignocaine with 1:100 000 epinephrine. During the procedure respiratory failure with stridor was developed, examination using indirect laryngoscopy show bilateral vocal chord palsy. The authors present probably pathomechanism of this complication.

Keywords

EN

vocal fold paralysis; complication; tonsillectomy; lidocaine; local anesthesia

• Publisher: Index Copernicus International
• Journal: Polski Przegląd Otorynolaryngologiczny
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 6(3)
• Pages: 25-28

Dates

published

2017-09-13

Contributors

author

Robert Wendt

author

Krzysztof Jarosław Dalke

author

Piotr Tomasz Glamowski

Identifiers

DOI

10.5604/01.3001.0010.4238