Uvula Trauma and Damage: If You Don't Look, You Won't Find It: A Case Report

Q2 Nursing

Perioperative Care and Operating Room Management Pub Date : 2024-03-11 DOI:10.1016/j.pcorm.2024.100381

Zachary G. Freedman , Kevin L. Xu , Mary E. McAlevy , Joseph Y. Clark

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Abstract

Uvular necrosis is a known risk factor following general anesthesia due to compression of blood flow to the uvula. We report a case of uvular necrosis followed by uvular deviation in a male patient after undergoing two surgeries in four days. He had a sore throat and experienced a foreign body sensation in his throat following the second surgery. He was treated conservatively, but his uvula remained deviated four years later at follow up. Although uvular injury is a known complication of general anesthesia, it is important to understand the risk factors, recognize the conditions, and have a high index of suspicion when evaluating patients with sore throats after anesthesia.

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悬雍垂的创伤和损伤：不看就找不到：病例报告

由于悬雍垂的血流受到压迫，悬雍垂坏死是全身麻醉后的一个已知风险因素。我们报告了一例在四天内接受两次手术后出现悬雍垂坏死和悬雍垂偏移的男性患者。第二次手术后，他出现咽喉疼痛，咽喉部有异物感。他接受了保守治疗，但四年后随访时其悬雍垂仍然偏曲。虽然悬雍垂损伤是已知的全身麻醉并发症，但在评估麻醉后咽喉疼痛的患者时，了解风险因素、识别病症和高度怀疑是非常重要的。

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Perioperative Care and Operating Room Management Nursing-Medical and Surgical Nursing

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1.30

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56 days

期刊介绍： The objective of this new online journal is to serve as a multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed source of information related to the administrative, economic, operational, safety, and quality aspects of the ambulatory and in-patient operating room and interventional procedural processes. The journal will provide high-quality information and research findings on operational and system-based approaches to ensure safe, coordinated, and high-value periprocedural care. With the current focus on value in health care it is essential that there is a venue for researchers to publish articles on quality improvement process initiatives, process flow modeling, information management, efficient design, cost improvement, use of novel technologies, and management.