Cervical Emphysema Complicating Tonsillectomy With Argon Beam Coagulation

Fechner, Frank P.; Kieff, David A.

doi:10.1097/00005537-200305000-00027

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“…Concurrent adenoidectomy was performed on 8 patients. 7,11,21,25,28 The indication of surgery was recurrent tonsillitis in 20 patients. One patient had a granular tumor over the right tonsil with a bulging surface on the nasopharynx and was scheduled for a tonsillectomy and nasopharyngeal biopsy.…”

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“…17 Furthermore, one patient was a down syndrome, 3 one young patient was shown to have a significant medical history of attention deficit disorder and seizure disorder. 25 The time of symptom presentation ranged from prior to extubation to four days following surgery, and 20 patients (the majority) developed symptoms in the 24 hours following surgery. Generally, a physical examination combined with a CT scan and/or X-ray was used for diagnosis.…”

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Tonsillectomy is one of the most commonly performed surgical procedures among patients in the Otolaryngology Department for different indications. Although it is a relatively safe surgical procedure, tonsillectomy may be accompanied by rare complications, such as surgical emphysema, which is considered a fatal complication if incorrectly managed or misdiagnosed. We report a case of surgical emphysema following a routine tonsillectomy, as well as conduct a retrospective review of every such case published in English between January (1, 2000(1, to March 30, 2020. The aim of this case report was to report the pathogenesis, clinical presentation, treatment and management outcomes of patients with surgical emphysema after tonsillectomy.

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“…While some widely touted devices and techniques have found a place in clinical practice (electric temporal bone drills, operating microscopes), others have proved expensive alternatives with little demonstrable benefit (coblation tonsillectomy, 3 laser myringotomy 4 ). Still others were downright lethal (silicone injection, argon beam coagulator tonsillectomy 5 ).…”

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