KMID : 0356920090560040443
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Korean Journal of Anesthesiology 2009 Volume.56 No. 4 p.443 ~ p.445
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Transient facial nerve palsy after general anesthesia - A case report -
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Park Sang-Jin
Kwon Il-Chi Lee Deok-Hee
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Abstract
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A 44-year-old woman underwent a breast cancer operation under general anesthesia. We performed bronchoscope guided intubation along with a jaw thrust maneuver on the patient to achieve a good visual field. The patient complained of left lower lip weakness after the operation. The lower lip of the patient was deviated to the right. The cause might have been a temporary compression of the left facial nerve at the mandibular angle during performance of the jaw thrust maneuver. Fortunately, the patient¡¯s palsy recovered completely during the following one month. We report here on a case of transient facial nerve palsy after general anesthesia, and this occurred despite performing a very short duration of jaw thrust.
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KEYWORD
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Facial nerve palsy, Jaw thrust, Temporary compression
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