Isolated bilateral paralysis of the hypoglossal and recurrent laryngeal nerves (Bilateral Tapia's syndrome) after transoral intubation for general anesthesia

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 98-99

  Cinar, S O ^a   Seven, H ^a   Cinar, Ugur ^a,b   Turgut, S ^a  

^a SISLI ETFAL TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Complications; General anesthesia; Tapia's syndrome

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; ISOFLURANE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; BILATERAL TAPIA SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EXTUBATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE DISEASE; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE PALSY; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; NERVE INJURY; NOSE RECONSTRUCTION; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PALSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE DISEASE; VOCAL CORD;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; HUMANS; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; PARALYSIS; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; RHINOPLASTY; SYNDROME; TONGUE; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; VOCAL CORDS;

EID: 13444273503     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2004.00553.x     Document Type: Article

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