Left recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy rarely results from cardiac disease. We present 2 cases of left recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy caused by thoracic saccular aortic aneurysms. One patient suffered an aortic aneurysm rupture one month after the advent of hoarseness, necessitating emergency surgery with aortic arch replacement. The other patient underwent elective aortic arch replacement surge...

Laryngeal nerve palsy may occur during thyroid surgery as a result of the close relationship laryngeal nerves with gland and its feeding vessels. It represents second most common complication thyroidectomy, accounting for up to 9.8% cases. Although patients recover within 6–12 months after (transient palsy), condition prove permanent in 2.3% Causes be related excessive traction dissection, crus...

introduction: injury to cranial nerves ix, x, and xii is a known complication of laryngoscopy and intubation. here we present a patient with concurrent hypoglossal and recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis after rhinoplasty. case report: the patient was a 27-year-old woman who was candidate for rhinoplastic surgery. the next morning after the operation, the patient complained of dysphonia and a s...

Transient or permanent recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy is a well known complication in thyroid surgery with reported incidences of 5-8% and 1-3%, respectively (1). Diplegia has an incidence of 0.4% (2). Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is an important cause of peripheral neurosensitivity, particularly autonomic neuropathy, which can lead to transient or permanent laryngeal nerve palsy when neur...

OBJECTIVES Our aim was to present laryngovideostroboscopic findings in unilateral superior laryngeal nerve paresis and paralysis. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING Retrospective case review, academic voice clinic. METHODS Blinded retrospective review of videostroboscopic recordings from cases confirmed by laryngeal electromyography. RESULTS Three cases of unilateral superior laryngeal nerve paresi...