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Margaret Brandwein, MD; Allan L. Abramson, MD; Mark J. Shikowitz, MD

Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1986;112(8):877-882.

Abstract
• Bilateral vocal cord paralysis following endotracheal intubation is an uncommon cause of respiratory obstruction. We report one case, adding to ten previously identified. We dissected eight human cadaver larynges and noted the path of the anterior ramus of the recurrent laryngeal nerve. It appeared to be particularly vulnerable to compression injury as it passed between the arytenoid cartilage and the thyroid lamina. This point was confirmed by histologic sections of intubated larynges.

(Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1986;112:877-882)

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Otolaryngology and Communicative Disorders, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Sept 6, 1985.

Reprint requests to Department of Pathology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, 1 Gustave L. Levy Plaza, New York, NY 10029 (Dr Brandwein).

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