Massive lingual swelling following cleft palate repair
We report two cases of massive tongue edema in routine palatoplasty. All patients had uneventful recovery. We postulated that the macroglossia was secondary to ischemia and venous congestion after prolonged use of Killner Dott mouth gag with slotted tongue blade exaggerated by hyperextension of neck...
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| author | M C Rajesh Saji Kuriakose Jayanth Sukumar E K Ramdas |
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| description | We report two cases of massive tongue edema in routine palatoplasty. All patients had uneventful recovery. We postulated that the macroglossia was secondary to ischemia and venous congestion after prolonged use of Killner Dott mouth gag with slotted tongue blade exaggerated by hyperextension of neck and Trendelenberg position. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c5824f0baee844bf9f2e449e6cde6d982022-12-22T01:45:41ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology0970-91852013-01-0129226226310.4103/0970-9185.111670Massive lingual swelling following cleft palate repairM C RajeshSaji KuriakoseJayanth SukumarE K RamdasWe report two cases of massive tongue edema in routine palatoplasty. All patients had uneventful recovery. We postulated that the macroglossia was secondary to ischemia and venous congestion after prolonged use of Killner Dott mouth gag with slotted tongue blade exaggerated by hyperextension of neck and Trendelenberg position.http://www.joacp.org/article.asp?issn=0970-9185;year=2013;volume=29;issue=2;spage=262;epage=263;aulast=RajeshKillner dott mouth gagpalatoplastytongue edema |
| spellingShingle | M C Rajesh Saji Kuriakose Jayanth Sukumar E K Ramdas Massive lingual swelling following cleft palate repair Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology Killner dott mouth gag palatoplasty tongue edema |
| title | Massive lingual swelling following cleft palate repair |
| title_full | Massive lingual swelling following cleft palate repair |
| title_fullStr | Massive lingual swelling following cleft palate repair |
| title_full_unstemmed | Massive lingual swelling following cleft palate repair |
| title_short | Massive lingual swelling following cleft palate repair |
| title_sort | massive lingual swelling following cleft palate repair |
| topic | Killner dott mouth gag palatoplasty tongue edema |
| url | http://www.joacp.org/article.asp?issn=0970-9185;year=2013;volume=29;issue=2;spage=262;epage=263;aulast=Rajesh |
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