Arytenoid cartilage dislocation caused by a double-lumen endobronchial tube
Open Access
- 25 November 2005
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Elsevier BV in British Journal of Anaesthesia
- Vol. 96 (1), 136-138
- https://doi.org/10.1093/bja/aei281
Abstract
Following surgery requiring the use of a double-lumen endobronchial tube, a patient immediately complained of persistent severe hoarseness. On the third day after the operation, fibreoptic laryngoscopy revealed posterolateral dislocation of the left arytenoid cartilage. By the sixth day of the operation, a slight improvement was observed in the hoarseness without treatment and a spontaneous recovery of arytenoid cartilage dislocation was expected. The patient did not consent to surgical treatment, and therefore a conservative therapy was selected. Ten weeks after the operation, it was found that the dislocated left arytenoid cartilage had spontaneously repositioned and the patient regained his normal voice. The causes and treatment options are discussed.Keywords
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