title: Analyses of risk factors for postoperative airway compromise following arytenoid adduction.
abstract: CONCLUSIONS
  This study suggests that placing no drainage tube and postoperative bleeding are risk factors for postoperative airway compromise (PAC) following arytenoid adduction (AA).
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  In this study, we aimed to elucidate the risk factors for PAC following AA.
  
  
  METHODS
  The data for 184 consecutive patients who underwent AA were analyzed retrospectively. Univariate and forward stepwise multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Placing no drainage tube was a significant risk factor for PAC as determined by both univariate and multivariate analyses. Postoperative bleeding was a significant risk factor for severe airway compromise requiring emergency airway treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, University of Tokyo, Japan. tnito-tky@umin.ac.jp
authors.forename: Takaharu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nito
authors.forename: Munetaka
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ushio
authors.forename: Miwako
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: Takuhiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: Niro
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tayama
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D001193:Arytenoid Cartilage / Q000601:surgery*; D004322:Drainage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D013517:Otorhinolaryngologic Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D019106:Postoperative Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D014826:Vocal Cord Paralysis / Q000601:surgery