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A THEORETICAL MECHANISM FOR MASSIVE SUPRAGLOTTIC SWELLING FOLLOWING CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY
Author(s) -
Wells Douglas G.,
Zelcer John,
Wells Geoffrey R.,
Sherman Garry P.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1988.tb00105.x
Subject(s) - medicine , carotid endarterectomy , swelling , mechanism (biology) , surgery , carotid arteries , pathology , philosophy , epistemology
Potentially life‐threatening massive supraglottic swelling is occasionally seen in patients presenting with neck swelling following carotid endarterectomy. This is considered to be a distinct clinical entity, and a theoretical mechanism based on a review of the relevant anatomy and physiology is postulated.