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Ayman A Mustafa1, Michele M Carr2
1Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, USA.
Abstract:
Complications following an adenoidectomy are rare. A 13-month-old female developed unilateral lacrimation impairment following an adenoidectomy and bilateral ventilation tube insertion. The patient's post-operative course was marked by a fever, rhinorrhea, and dehydration. We suspect the impairment to be secondary to injury by suction cautery or post-operative inflammatory response and infection. Over the first nine months after surgery, the impairment spontaneously remitted.
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