title: Tapia's Syndrome after Corrective Jaw Surgery under General Anesthesia: A Case Report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Tapia's syndrome is a rare complication of recurrent laryngeal and hypoglossal nerve paralysis due to anesthetic airway mismanagement or malpositioning of the patient's head during surgery.
  
  
  METHODS
  Here we present a case of Tapia's syndrome in a 22-year-old male after corrective jaw surgery under general anesthesia, with a long period of recovery, related to airway management procedures and/or overstretching of the neck during positioning for surgery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although it is a rare condition, every surgeon should be aware of Tapia's syndrome in order to consider the correct positioning of the head and endotracheal tube during surgery and avoid this complication.
authors.affiliation: ENT-Head and Neck Surgery Research Center, Hazrat Rasoul Akram Hospital , Iran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Farzad
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Izadi
authors.affiliation: ENT-Head and Neck Surgery Research Center, Hazrat Rasoul Akram Hospital , Iran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Aslan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ahmadi
authors.affiliation: ENT-Head and Neck Surgery Research Center, Hazrat Rasoul Akram Hospital , Iran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Daneshvar
authors.affiliation: ENT-Head and Neck Surgery Research Center, Hazrat Rasoul Akram Hospital , Iran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Mahdi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Safdarian
keywords: Airway Management; General Anesthesia; Vocal Cord paralysis