Ugeskrift for laeger
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Ugeskrift for laeger · Nov 1997
Case Reports[Reduced sense of taste as a complication of the laryngeal mask use].
We report a unilateral lingual nerve paralysis following the use of a laryngeal mask airway in a 73-year-old man with hypertrophy of the prostate undergoing a TUR-P. The operation was performed in general anaesthesia using propofol, fentanyl, alfentanil and ventilation with 100% oxygen. ⋯ A week later the patient perceived a reduced sense of taste. Six months later the situation was unaltered.
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Ugeskrift for laeger · Oct 1997
Case Reports[Thromboendarterectomy of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension].
Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension has a five year survival rate of less than 10% in patients with a systolic pulmonary artery pressure of 50 mmHg with no convincing effect of medical treatment. The operative mortality from pulmonary thrombendarterectomy in specialised centres has been reduced to 9%, suggesting this treatment as being an option. ⋯ The second, a 60 year-old man was operated at our institution by this surgeon. Following removal of sufficient amount of embolic masses and intimal tissue, the patients were discharged from hospital with a substantial improvement in their clinical status and near normalisation of pulmonary artery pressure, which remained at the latest follow-up (3 to 22 months).