Bilateral vocal cord palsy after ventricular drainage in a child.
Vocal cord palsies are caused by high intracranial pressure and normally improve with treatment. Our case report implies that stridor after drainage of a hydrocephalus, in susceptible patients, can be a result of worsening of vocal cord palsies.
Davis
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Department of Paediatric Anaesthesia, Royal London Hospital, London, UK.
Ross
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D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007427:Intracranial Pressure; D008297:Male; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014826:Vocal Cord Paralysis / Q000209:etiology*