Hoarseness after Surgery
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A hoarse voice after surgery is something that people sometimes complain about. Hoarseness after surgery can be temporary or permanent, and can be due to a number of reasons. In common most surgeries that cause hoarseness are performed under general anesthesia, in which a breathing tube is left in the throat during the duration of the surgery
A hoarse voice after surgery is something that people sometimes complain about. Hoarseness after surgery can be temporary or permanent, and can be due to a number of reasons. In common most surgeries that cause hoarseness are performed under general anesthesia, in which a breathing tube is left in the throat during the duration of the surgery
Because the endotracheal lies between the vocal folds, there are many ways this can cause hoarseness, including:
- Scars may form on and between the vocal folds, which affect sound produced.
- Pressure on the walls of the larynx, or voice box, caused by the endotracheal tube cause the recurrent laryngeal nerve to not work. This causes vocal fold paralysis, in which one of the vocal folds does not move causing a weak and breathy voice.
- Vocal fold granulomas may form, which prevent the vocal folds from closing completely.
- Arytenoid dislocation, in which one of the cartilages of the larynx is displaced from the placement of the tube can cause a sudded loss of voice that requires surgery to fix.
- Subglottic stenosis and tracheal stenosis prevent air from flowing normally through the voice box, causing an altered voie and difficulty breathing.