Aphonia after shoulder surgery: case report

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• 作者：Carlos Alberto da Silva Soares Moreno ; ^{carlosmoreno_10@msn.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Sara Fonseca
• 关键词：Block ; Interscalene brachial plexus ; Aphonia ; I-Gel ; Choking ; Recurrent laryngeal nerve
• 刊名：Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiology (English Edition)
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：May-June 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：66
• 期：3
• 页码：321-323
• 全文大小：258 K

文摘

In this case report we highlight the uniqueness of aphonia as, to the best of our knowledge, cases of aphonia related to interscalene brachial plexus block (IBPB) are not described in the literature. Although hoarseness is a common complication of IBPB, aphonia is not. Therefore, we think it is important to publicize the first case of aphonia after IBPB, which may have arisen only because of a recurrent laryngeal nerve chronic injury contralateral to the IBPB site.