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An Operation in the Park Bench Position Complicated by Massive Tongue Swelling

Author(s) -

Hiroyuki Koizumi,

Satoshi Utsuki,

Madoka Inukai,

Hidehiro Oka,

Shigeyuki Osawa,

Kiyotaka Fujii

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

case reports in neurological medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2090-6668

pISSN - 2090-6676

DOI - 10.1155/2012/165860

Subject(s) - medicine , tongue , swelling , surgery , position (finance) , airway , complication , airway obstruction , hyoid bone , pathology , finance , economics

This paper presents a case of massive tongue swelling as a complication after an operation in the park bench position. A 43-year-old male who had undergone a resection of a mass in the petrous bone of the clivus showed massive tongue swelling after the surgery in the left park bench position. A direct compression of the bite block caused the swelling of tongue. Tongue swelling may become fatal if it progresses to an airway obstruction; therefore the intraoperative and postoperative management is important.

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