Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Bucheon, Korea.
Clin Exp Otorhinolaryngol. 2008 Mar;1(1):49-51. doi: 10.3342/ceo.2008.1.1.49. Epub 2008 Mar 20.
We describe a 60-year-old woman who developed extensive emphysema, bilateral pneumothorax, and pneumomediastinum after total thyroidectomy and central neck dissection with sacrifice of a recurrent laryngeal nerve. In this report, we discuss the possisle etiology of those rare complications.
我们描述了一位 60 岁女性,在全甲状腺切除术和中央颈部清扫术(牺牲喉返神经)后发生广泛肺气肿、双侧气胸和纵隔气肿。在本报告中,我们讨论了这些罕见并发症的可能病因。