Respiratory arrest after successful neodymium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet laser treatment of subglottic tracheal stenosis.
We describe a patient who developed respiratory arrest 4 h after successful laser treatment of tracheal stenosis. Respiratory arrest was caused, presumably, by airway narrowing due to delayed tissue edema secondary to thermal injury by deep penetration of the laser beam.
Abdelmalak
Basem
B
Department of General Anesthesiology, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA. abdelmb@ccf.org
Ryckman
J Victor
JV
AlHaddad
Sawsan
S
Sprung
Juraj
J
D000535:Aluminum; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D004487:Edema / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal; D053685:Laser Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D007834:Lasers; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology*; D012135:Respiratory Sounds; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D015019:Yttrium
D015019:Yttrium; D000535:Aluminum