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Bilateral phrenic nerve injury after neck dissection: an uncommon cause of respiratory failure

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Sandhya Yaddanapudi  and
S. C. Shah
Sandhya Yaddanapudi*
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesia, Tata Memorial Hospital, Bombay, India.
S. C. Shah
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesia, Tata Memorial Hospital, Bombay, India.
*
Address for correspondence: Dr Sandhya Yaddanapudi, Assistant Professor, Department of Anaesthesiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, 160 012, India. Fax: (0091)-172-540401
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Abstract

The case of a patient with carcinoma larynx who developed diaphragmatic paralysis and post-operative respiratory failure due to bilateral phrenic nerve injury is reported. The use of portable ultrasonography for an early diagnosis of diaphragmatic paralysis is discussed.

Keywords

Respiratory insufficiencyRespiratory paralysisPhrenic nervePost-operative complications
Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 110 , Issue 3 , March 1996 , pp. 281 - 283
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1996

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