Airway involvement in the postoperative period of carotid endarterectomy. Report of a case
Alvarez Refojo, M.F.; Casais Lezana, M.A.; Toral Pérez, A.; Tovar Martín, E.; Herreo Martín, N.
Angiologia 44(5): 194-196
1992
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-3170 PMID: 1476263 Document Number: 404767
We report a case of a fifty-seven year old man that was diagnosed a bilateral carotid disease and a carotid endarterectomy was practiced on him in the left carotid, and afterwards in a 12 day lapsus of time, the same was done in the right carotid. In the course of the immediate post-operative period, the patient presented a neck haematoma which required its removal and afterwards he developed a glottis oedema which called for the realisation of a tracheotomy in order to control the airway.