Life-threatening Airway Edema after Arthroscopic Repair of Massive Rotator Cuff Tear: A Case Report.
- Author:
Young Lae MOON
1
;
Byung Sik YU
;
Keum Young SO
;
Kyung Joon LIM
;
Jeong Hoon KANG
Author Information
1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Korea. orthoped@chosun.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Shoulder arthroscopy;
Life-threatening complication;
Airway edema
- MeSH:
Airway Obstruction;
Arthroscopy;
Edema*;
Humans;
Neck;
Pharynx;
Rotator Cuff*;
Shoulder;
Shoulder Joint
- From:Journal of the Korean Shoulder and Elbow Society
2007;10(1):136-139
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Shoulder arthroscopic surgeries are an accepted technique for many shoulder disease and have many advantages over open surgeries4,6). To date, shoulder arthroscopic surgery have been rare complications that compromise patient airway, caused by the leakage of irrigation fluid out of the shoulder joint space into the surrounding soft tissues and then the neck and the pharynx. This report presents a case of life-threatening airway obstruction due to extra-articular saline collection during arthroscopic rotator cuff repair. In concluding we should hourly check the patient's neck swelling undergoing shoulder arthroscopic surgery, because anesthetized patients cannot complain of the airway problem may progress until it becomes life-threatening.
