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 laparoscopic prostatectomy. CASE PRESENTATION A 67-year-old male, who had suffered from left vocal cord paralysis of unknown etiology, was sched...

Endotracheal intubation for general anesthesia is usually a safe procedure. However, postoperative sore throat and mild hoarseness may occur due to laryngeal edema but bilateral vocal cord paralysis as a result of recurrent laryngeal nerve injury is a rare complication. We report a case of bilateral adductor vocal cord palsy following general anesthesia for abdominal surgery. Clinical presentat...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the clinical feasibility of dual energy subtraction (DES) imaging to improve the delineation of the vocal cord and diagnostic accuracy of vocal cord paralysis as compared with the anterior-posterior view of flat panel detector (FPD) neck radiography. MATERIALS AND METHODS For 122 consecutive patients who underwent both a flexible laryngoscopy and conventional/DES FPD ...

This paper reports the case of a 65-year-old woman with a history of mild arterial hypertension who presented with acute pulmonary edema immediately after a total thyroidectomy. The edema was found to have been caused by an acute upper airway obstruction secondary to bilateral vocal cord paralysis. Her pulmonary edema resolved with treatment including reintubation, mechanical ventilation with p...

The nasogastric tube (NGT) has become a frequently used device to alleviate gastrointestinal symptoms. Nasogastric tube syndrome (NTS) is an uncommon but potentially life-threatening complication of an indwelling NGT. NTS is characterized by acute upper airway obstruction due to bilateral vocal cord paralysis. We report a case of a 76-year-old man with NTS, induced by an indwelling long intesti...

UNLABELLED Thyroid resection procedures are the most common endocrine surgery procedures in Poland; an estimated 25,000 procedures are performed annually. Long term patient outcomes are rarely analyzed. THE AIM OF THE STUDY was to assess effect of complicated thyroid burgery procedures on personal and Professional life of patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS Follow-up of patients with complicatio...

Nasogastric tube syndrome (NTS) is characterized by acute upper airway obstruction due to bilateral vocal cord paralysis. Although NTS a rare cause of paralysis, it has the potential causing serious morbidities even mortality. We here with present case concurrent and cerebrovascular disease patient. 73 year-old male was admitted our university hospital emergency department respiratory distress ...

Idiopathic bilateral vocal cord paralysis (VCP) is a rare and difficult condition often undiagnosed and frequently confused with asthma and other respiratory conditions. Accurate diagnosis is crucial since 80% of cases patients require surgical intervention, such as tracheostomy or laser surgery, to relieve symptoms. The "gold standard" for diagnosing VCP has been laryngoscopy. In this case stu...