Epiglottic hematoma after carotid endarterectomy with cervical block

There are few trials assessing the risks and benefits of performing a cervical plexus block (CPB) in urgent carotid endarterectomies (CEA). We describe a case of a patient who underwent urgent CEA under CPB and suffered a complication of postoperative epiglottic hematoma. There were clinical finding...

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Autores principales: Sadeghi, John K., Nofi, Colleen, Frankini, Larry A., Landis, Gregg S., Etkin, Yana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Case report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7588747/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33134635
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvscit.2020.07.018
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author Sadeghi, John K.
Nofi, Colleen
Frankini, Larry A.
Landis, Gregg S.
Etkin, Yana
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description There are few trials assessing the risks and benefits of performing a cervical plexus block (CPB) in urgent carotid endarterectomies (CEA). We describe a case of a patient who underwent urgent CEA under CPB and suffered a complication of postoperative epiglottic hematoma. There were clinical findings that helped to distinguish the hematoma from other, more common postoperative complications. The mainstay of treatment was steroids and observation. Epiglottic hematomas after cervical blocks for CEAs are rare but potentially lethal complications. More research is needed investigating complications related to CPBs performed for CEAs.
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spelling pubmed-75887472020-10-30 Epiglottic hematoma after carotid endarterectomy with cervical block Sadeghi, John K. Nofi, Colleen Frankini, Larry A. Landis, Gregg S. Etkin, Yana J Vasc Surg Cases Innov Tech Case report There are few trials assessing the risks and benefits of performing a cervical plexus block (CPB) in urgent carotid endarterectomies (CEA). We describe a case of a patient who underwent urgent CEA under CPB and suffered a complication of postoperative epiglottic hematoma. There were clinical findings that helped to distinguish the hematoma from other, more common postoperative complications. The mainstay of treatment was steroids and observation. Epiglottic hematomas after cervical blocks for CEAs are rare but potentially lethal complications. More research is needed investigating complications related to CPBs performed for CEAs. Elsevier 2020-08-21 /pmc/articles/PMC7588747/ /pubmed/33134635 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvscit.2020.07.018 Text en © 2020 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title Epiglottic hematoma after carotid endarterectomy with cervical block
title_full Epiglottic hematoma after carotid endarterectomy with cervical block
title_fullStr Epiglottic hematoma after carotid endarterectomy with cervical block
title_full_unstemmed Epiglottic hematoma after carotid endarterectomy with cervical block
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7588747/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33134635
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvscit.2020.07.018
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