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Prospective study of the complications of endoscopic laryngeal surgery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

P. M. Robinson
P. M. Robinson*
Affiliation:
Bradford
*
P. M. Robinson, ENT Department, Manor Hospital, Moat Road, Walsall WS2 9PS.
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Abstract

Patients undergoing 204 endoscopic laryngeal operations were studied prospectively to determine the incidence of complications. Twelve patients were considered to be at high risk of postoperative airway obstruction. Two of these patients had an elective tracheostomy. One required temporary reintubation in the recovery room. No case of respiratory obstruction occurred in a patient not considered to be in the high risk group. Mucosal haemorrhage or oedema was seen on postoperative indirect laryngoscopy in 31 per cent of patients. The commonest abnormality found was mucosal haemorrhage in the oropharynx.

Keywords

Laryngeal surgery, endoscopicEndoscopy
Type
Main Articles
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 105 , Issue 5 , May 1991 , pp. 356 - 358
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1991

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