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Since its introduction by Carlens in 1959,1 mediastinoscopy has become an important tool for diagnosis of mediastinal lesions and staging of mediastinal malignancies. It is more accurate at staging lung cancer than the computed tomographic scans or positron emission tomography scans.2 From all the complications only less then 0.5% have clinical significance, the worst is a massive hemorrhage, which requires a trained team and well equipped operating theatre for thoracic, vascular and cardiac surgery.3 The rate of recurrent nerve paralysis or vocal cord palsy after mediastinoscopy has been reported at less than one percent. These complications are more common in redo neck surgery. Some other causes of operative injury to the vocal cords include intubation and placement of esophageal stethoscopes, pacemaker placement, medial sternotomy, carotid surgery, internal mammary artery harvest, and esophagectomy.

Bilateral vocal cord palsy after mediastinoscopy