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[Hypoglossal nerve paralysis after intubation and direct laryngoscopy]
M A Condado1, D Morais, J Santos
1Servicio de ORL, Hospital Universitario de Valladolid.
Acta Otorrinolaringologica Espanola
|November 1, 1994
Abstract:
We described an extremely uncommon case of hypoglossal nerve paralysis occurred after a direct laryngoscopy under general anesthesia with McIntosh's laryngoscope intubation. We reviewed the literature on similar cases and studied the etiology and pathogenesis of these paralyses.