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Laringectomía - Risks

Nombres alternativos

Laringectomía completa; Laringectomía parcial

Riesgos:

Los riesgos de cualquier cirugía son:

Los riesgos de esta cirugía son:

  • Hematoma (una acumulación de sangre por fuera de los vasos sanguíneos)
  • Infección de la herida
  • Fístulas (conexiones de tejido que se forman entre la faringe y la piel que normalmente no están allí)
  • La abertura del estoma pueden volverse demasiado pequeña o estrecha, lo cual se denomina estenosis anastomótica
  • Filtración alrededor de la perforación traqueoesofágica (TEP) y la prótesis
  • Daño a otras áreas del esófago o la tráquea
  • Problemas para deglutir y comer
  • Problemas para hablar
  • Reviewed last on: 2/28/2011
  • Seth Schwartz, MD, MPH, Otolaryngologist, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Rassekh H, Haughey BH. Total Laryngectomy and laryngopharyngectomy. In: Cummings CW, Flint PW, Haughey BH, et al, eds. Otolaryngology: Head & Neck Surgery. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby Elsevier; 2010:chap 111.

Agrawal N, Goldberg D. Primary and Salvage Total Laryngectomy. Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America. August 2008;41(4).

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