[Airway involvement in the postoperative period of carotid endarterectomy. Report of a case].
We report a case of a fifty-seven year old man that was diagnosed a bilateral carotid disease and a carotid endarterectomy was practiced on him in the left carotid, and afterwards in a 12 day lapsus of time, the same was done in the right carotid. In the course of the immediate post-operative period, the patient presented a neck haematoma which required its removal and afterwards he developed a glottis oedema which called for the realisation of a tracheotomy in order to control the airway.
Alvarez Refojo
M F
MF
Hospital Juan Canalejo, La Coruña, España.
Casais Lezana
M A
MA
Toral Pérez
A
A
Tovar Martín
E
E
Herreo Martín
N
N
D016894:Endarterectomy, Carotid / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005931:Glottis; D006406:Hematoma / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007819:Laryngeal Edema / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009333:Neck
Compromiso de la vía aérea en el postoperatorio de la endarterectomía carotídea. A propósito de un caso.