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Bilateral phrenic nerve injury after neck dissection: an uncommon cause of respiratory failure
1Department of Anaesthesia, Tata Memorial Hospital, Bombay, India.
The Journal of Laryngology and Otology
|March 1, 1996
Abstract:
The case of a patient with carcinoma larynx who developed diaphragmatic paralysis and post-operative respiratory failure due to bilateral phrenic nerve injury is reported. The use of portable ultrasonography for an early diagnosis of diaphragmatic paralysis is discussed.