• Anaesth Intensive Care · Dec 1997

    Case Reports

    Hypoglossal neuropraxia following endotracheal intubation.

    • B Venkatesh and D Walker.
    • Department of Anaesthesiology, Royal Brisbane Hospital, Queensland.
    • Anaesth Intensive Care. 1997 Dec 1; 25 (6): 699-700.

    AbstractA case of hypoglossal nerve neuropraxia following elective drainage of bilateral chronic subdural haematomas is described. We postulate that the cause of neuropraxia was inadvertent extubation of the trachea with the cuff inflated, leading to compression and stretch of the nerve against the greater horn of the hyoid bone. The literature on cranial nerve palsies following endotracheal intubation is reviewed.

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