Cervical surgical emphysema following routine tonsillectomy
Al Omari, B.; Sadacharam, M.; Sheahan, P.
Revue de Laryngologie - Otologie - Rhinologie 132(4-5): 241-243
2011
ISSN/ISBN: 0035-1334 PMID: 22908549 Document Number: 653598
Complications of tonsillectomy have been well documented. However spontaneous subcutaneous emphysema of the neck following tonsillectomy has rarely been described. We report a case of this complication in a young female patient.
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