title: Recurrent laryngeal nerve paresis postpneumonectomy contralateral to site of surgery.
abstract: Recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) injury is a serious complication of thoracic surgery that increases morbidity and mortality. It is important to consider the long-term effects of mediastinal shift and the possibility of postpneumonectomy syndrome on RLN function. This report documents a unilateral vocal fold paresis contralateral to the side of pneumonectomy that presents for investigation 6 six years after surgery.
authors: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29425, USA. gullung@musc.edu
authors: Jessica L
authors: JL
authors: Gullung
authors: Lucinda A
authors: LA
authors: Halstead
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012009:Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve; D014826:Vocal Cord Paralysis / Q000209:etiology*