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Peripheral facial nerve palsy-A rare complication of tonsillectomy
Santosh Kumar Swain1, Nistha Anand1, Mahesh Chandra Sahu2
1 Department of Otorhinolaryngology, IMS and SUM Hospital, Siksha “O” Anusandhan University (Deemed to be), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
2 Division of Microbiology, ICMR-NIOH, Ahmedabad, Gujurat, India
Correspondence Address:
Prof. Santosh Kumar Swain
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, IMS and SUM Hospital, Kalinga Nagar, Bhubaneswar - 751 003, Odisha
India
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DOI: 10.4103/aiao.aiao_26_18
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Tonsillectomy is a common surgical procedure often done by otolaryngologist in his/her routine surgical practice. Transient facial nerve palsy is an extremely rare complication of tonsillectomy. The cause of the facial nerve palsy may be due to infiltration of local anesthetic agent into parapharyngeal space and affecting facial nerve. Infiltration of local anesthetic solution into the peritonsillar tissue is commonly used for reduction of pain, although the benefit and risk of complication of this technique have not yet been well established. Here, we presented a rare incidence of facial nerve palsy seen in a 14-year-old boy who underwent tonsillectomy under general anesthesia with local infiltration of bupivacaine at peritonsillar space. The facial nerve palsy was completely recovered by conservative treatment.
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