TITLE:
Nasopharyngeal Obstruction: A Rare Post Laser Assisted Tonsillectomy Complication
AUTHORS:
K. P. Morwani, Amol Patil, Gaurav Ahluwalia
KEYWORDS:
Laser Assisted Tonsillectomy, Nasopharynx, Posterior Pharyngeal Wall, Palatopharyngeal Arch, Uvula
JOURNAL NAME:
International Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery,
Vol.5 No.2,
March
14,
2016
ABSTRACT: Tonsillectomy once was a most common ENT procedure, being referred in past as the “bread and butter of otorhinolaryngologists” though not so commonly performed these days. The usual complications of this procedure have been haemorrhage-primary/reactionary/secondary, infection, tonsillar bed structures injury, and even death. With the advent of newer technologies like lasers, microdebriders, coblators, harmonic scalpel, radiofrequency, newer complications also arise. This case report focuses on one such complication of laser assisted tonsillectomy, not much spoken of in books.