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1Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital, Turkey. ozlem@soyal.org
Abstract:
A 32-year-old man developed hoarseness of voice, inability to swallow and restricted movement of the tongue after open heart surgery. Peripheral injury of the cranial nerves IX, X and XII was suspected, and it was thought that the duration of the surgery together with the endotracheal tube cuff and trans-oesophageal echocardiography probe pressure, as well as the head and neck position might have been the causes of this complication.
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