Netharland Journal of Critical Care
2021,
Volume 29,
Issue 3
: 148-150
Article
Unusual complication after cardiac surgery: Iatrogenic ortner’s syndrome
Abstract
A case of rapid unilateral vocal cord paralysis a few days after cardiac surgery is presented. On postoperative day 3, the patient developed severe hoarseness within a few hours. After evacuation of 300 ml blood from an intrathoracic haematoma, the hoarseness resolved quickly. The mechanism is supposedly direct pressure on the laryngeal nerve. In an intubated patient this complication would not have been noted. © 2021, Netherlands Society of Intensive Care. All rights reserved.
Keywords
Complications after cardiac surgery
Intrathoracic haematoma
Vocal cord paralysis
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