Vocal cord paralysis secondary to endotracheal intubation and its management. Review in relation to two clinical cases
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Keywords
Unilateral vocal fold paralysis, endotracheal intubation, hoarseness, medialization injection
Abstract
Vocal fold paralysis posterior to endotracheal intubation is a very uncommon com- plication of the general anestesia. The symptoms includes hoarseness posterior to the extubation, and some times aspiration occurs. In this paper we present the report of two cases of abdominal surgery with general anesteshia and endotraqueal intubation procedures. Both subjects developed unilateral vocal fold paralysis after the process. The patients were treated with wedilization injection with Restylane ®, satisfactory voice's results were achieved. One of them has an observational time of two years. We describe this infrequent pathology and the treatment through literature review.
