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Surgical emphysema and upper airway obstruction complicating recovery from anaesthesia
M C Bellamy1, J C Berridge, S S Hussain
1Academic Unit of Anaesthesia, St James's University Hospital, Leeds.
British Journal of Anaesthesia
|October 1, 1993
Abstract:
We describe a case of surgical emphysema and life-threatening airway obstruction resulting from a small pharyngeal perforation. The perforation apparently resulted from the use of a Yankauer-type sucker after uneventful anaesthesia for stapedectomy.