Anaesthesia
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Case Reports
The problem of aerophagy. Postoperative gastric dilatation as a remote complication of total laryngectomy.
A case of acute gastric dilatation due to massive aerophagy in a patient who had previously had a laryngectomy is reported. Excitement during regional analgesia was responsible. The pathophysiology of this mechanism is discussed and suggestions are made about its prevention.