title: An operation in the park bench position complicated by massive tongue swelling.
abstract: This paper presents a case of massive tongue swelling as a complication after an operation in the park bench position. A 43-year-old male who had undergone a resection of a mass in the petrous bone of the clivus showed massive tongue swelling after the surgery in the left park bench position. A direct compression of the bite block caused the swelling of tongue. Tongue swelling may become fatal if it progresses to an airway obstruction; therefore the intraoperative and postoperative management is important.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-0375, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Koizumi
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Utsuki
authors.forename: Madoka
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Inukai
authors.forename: Hidehiro
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Oka
authors.forename: Shigeyuki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Osawa
authors.forename: Kiyotaka
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fujii