Recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy and endotracheal intubation.
Voice changes developing after endotracheal intubation have been found to be due to a recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy in four patients. In none of these patients was there any obvious cause and this posed the question whether endotracheal intubation itself could result in a paralysis of the nerve. Cadaver dissection has suggested a way in which which paralysis could occur and this and other possible aetiologies are discussed.
D000328:Adult; D002102:Cadaver; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000009:adverse effects*; D007823:Laryngeal Nerves; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011312:Pressure; D012009:Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D014826:Vocal Cord Paralysis / Q000209:etiology*