Pneumomediastinum usually occurs following an airleak from the lungs, or from a perforated oesophagus. We report on a 30-year-old man who developed pneumomediastinum after scuba diving. The patient presented with acute onset of throat pain, odynophagia, and hoarseness of voice. The literature is reviewed for this condition.

introduction: post-operative sore throat and cough are common complications of endotracheal intubation. these conditions may be very distressing for the patient and may lead to unpleasant memories. this study was performed in order to determine whether beclomethasone and lidocaine spray could reduce the frequency of post-operative sore throat and hoarseness after tracheal extubation.  materials...

We report a very unusual case of foreign body (FB) in the tracheo-bronchial tract of a male child, who presented to us in the Emergency Department at our tertiary care centre with the complaint of FB in throat, cough bouts and choking sensation with pain and difficulty in breathing for whom an emergency rigid endoscopy was carried out after appropriate investigations.

Eagle's syndrome represents a symptomatic styloid process elongation or calcification of stylohyoid or stylomandibular ligament. The symptoms include the throat pain radiating to ipsilateral ear or foreign body sensation in the pharynx causing odynophagia and dysphagia. It is commonly unilateral and bilateral cases are rare. We report a case of bilateral elongation of styloid processes treated ...

introduction: presence of a sore throat after surgery is a common side effect of general anesthesia with intratracheal intubation and can cause discomfort for the patient and prolong the recovery process. in this study we compared the effect of dexamethasone before and after intubation on the incidence of sore throat after tympanoplasty surgery.   materials and methods: in a double-blind, rando...

Postoperative pain management is nowadays considered an integral part of modern surgical practice. An audit was made in 2010 to assess the status of acute postoperative pain management at Jordan University Hospital. Data were collected from patients' files and through face-to-face interviews of all patients aged over 16 years who underwent general, gynaecological, ear-nose-throat and orthopaedi...

INTRODUCTION Controversy remains as to the advantages and disadvantages of pharyngeal packing during septorhinoplasty. Our study investigated the effect of pharyngeal packing on postoperative nausea and vomiting and sore throat following this type of surgery or septorhinoplasty. MATERIALS AND METHODS This clinical trial was performed on 90 American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) I or II p...