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20485050

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-5-20
pubmed:abstractText
Because of the increasing use of laser surgery, new complications appear in patients. Endoscopic procedures bring to patients a kind of surgery with benefits such as avoidance of external incisions, but complications not seen before are happening. We describe the case of a patient who had a big anterior cervical abscess 1 month after having undergone an endoscopic laser CO2 cordectomy to treat an epidermoid carcinoma of the left vocal cord. One month after the surgery, the patient came to the emergency department complaining about progressive anterior cervical inflammation, with odynophagia. Computed tomography scan revealed an extensive anterior cervical abscess. As far as we are concerned, our present case is the first reporting this extremely rare complication, an anterior cervical abscess appearing 1 month after an endoscopic laser CO2 procedure. Reporting this kind of infectious complication, the authors aim to make aware the surgeons about the possibility of this late event.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
D
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1536-3732
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
21
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
790-1
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Anterior cervical abscess as a complication of CO2 laser surgery of the larynx.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Otolaryngology, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Instituto Universitario de Oncología del Principado de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain. acocapelaz@yahoo.es
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't