Tapia's syndrome -- a rare complication following cardiac surgery
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Tapia's syndrome--a rare complication following cardiac surgery.
Tapia's syndrome is a rare complication following cardiac surgery. It includes the extracranial involvement of the recurrent laryngeal nerve and the hypoglossal nerve and results in ipsilateral paralysis of the vocal cord and the tongue. It is usually a complication related to anaesthesia and positioning of the head of the patient during surgery. We describe this rare complication which occurre...
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عنوان ژورنال: Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1569-9293,1569-9285
DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivr056