Right vocal cord paralysis after internal jugular vein cannulation

1 April 1989

journal article
case report
Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Journal of Laryngology & Otology

Vol. 103 (4) , 424
https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022215100109144

Abstract

Neurological complications are rare after central venous cannulation. We report a case of right vocal cord paralysis after internal jugular vein cannulation. The mechanism of neural injury is discussed.

Keywords

CORD PARALYSIS
VOCAL CORD
NEURAL
NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATIONS
CENTRAL VENOUS
VENOUS CANNULATION
CANNULATION NEUROLOGICAL

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