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Recurrent laryngeal nerve paresis postpneumonectomy contralateral to site of surgery
Jessica L Gullung1, Lucinda A Halstead
1Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29425, USA. gullung@musc.edu
Abstract:
Recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) injury is a serious complication of thoracic surgery that increases morbidity and mortality. It is important to consider the long-term effects of mediastinal shift and the possibility of postpneumonectomy syndrome on RLN function. This report documents a unilateral vocal fold paresis contralateral to the side of pneumonectomy that presents for investigation 6 six years after surgery.
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