TY - JOUR AU - Diaz Ante, Yesid AU - Gómez, Juan Manuel AU - Barbano Hurtado, Mauricio AU - Borrero Gutiérrez, Susana PY - 2011/01/01 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Vocal Cords Paralysis Following Infiltration of the Surgical Wound in Thyroid Surgery JF - Colombian Journal of Anesthesiology JA - Colomb. J. Anesthesiol. VL - 39 IS - 1 SE - Case Report / Case Series DO - UR - https://www.revcolanest.com.co/index.php/rca/article/view/732 SP - 103-109 AB - <p><strong><em>Objective.&nbsp;</em></strong><em>Two cases of temporary paralysis of the vocal cords are discussed, in which recurrent injury of the laryngeal nerves, edema of the glottis and other common causes were ruled out.</em></p><p><strong><em>Methodology.&nbsp;</em></strong><em>Case report.</em></p><p><strong><em>Results.&nbsp;</em></strong><em>Infiltration of the surgical wound with local anesthetic at the end of the surgical procedure was considered a possible cause. No similar reports were found in the main databases. The decision was made to publish these cases in order to consider another possible cause of vocal cords paralysis following thyroidectomy.</em></p> ER -