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Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, Vol 31, 197-199, Copyright © 1984 by Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society

Postoperative Unilateral Facial Oedema: A Complication of Acute Flexion of the Neck

CHARUL A. MUNSHI MB BS1, M. SAEED DHAMEE MB BS1, and SHANTILAL K. GANDHI MB FFARCS1

1 Department of Anaesthesiology, The Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Address correspondence to: M. Saeed Dhamee MB, BS, Department of Anesthesiology, The Medical College of Wisconsin, 8700 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226 U.S.A.

A case report describing a complication following the use of the sitting position and an extreme flexed position of the neck is presented. The patient developed unilateral oedema of the face, tongue and soft tissues of the mouth. The trachea was reintubated and the oedema subsided without treatment. The cause of the oedema is believed to be obstruction of the venous drainage of the head and neck.

Key Words: COMPLICATIONS: oedema, airway obstruction






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