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Suspension Microlaryngoscopy
back
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Injury to
teeth, lips or gums |
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Sore or numb
tongue or change in taste sensation |
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New or
persistent hoarseness |
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Bleeding |
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Difficulty
swallowing |
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Airway
blockage/difficulty breathing |
Laser Laryngoscopy
back
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Injury to
teeth, lips or gums |
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Sore or numb
tongue or change in taste sensation |
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New or
persistent hoarseness |
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Bleeding |
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Difficulty
swallowing |
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Airway
blockage/difficulty breathing |
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Thermal
damage to face, lip or teeth |
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Airway fire |
Myringotomy with PET’s
back
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Early
extrusion or blockage of tubes |
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Drainage of
liquid from tubes (infection) |
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Scarring of
ear drum causing hearing loss (tympanosclerosis) |
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Persistent
hole in ear drum requiring surgery (perforation) |
Diagnostic Laryngoscopy
and Bronchoscopy
back
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Injury to
teeth, lips or gums |
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New or
persistent hoarseness |
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Pneumonia/pneumothorax |
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Inability to
make a diagnosis |
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Airway
blockage/difficulty breathing |
Tonsillectomy/Adenoidectomy
back
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Bleeding |
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Infection |
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Nausea/vomiting |
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Change in
voice |
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Throat
swelling |
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Difficulty
swallowing/dehydration |
Tympanoplasty
back
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Bleeding |
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Infection |
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Dizziness or
balance problems |
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Hearing loss
(partial or total) |
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Facial
paralysis or weakness |
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Change in
taste sensation |
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Need for
further surgery |
Mastoidectomy
back
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Bleeding |
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Infection
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Hearing loss
(partial or total) |
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Dizziness |
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Facial nerve
paralysis or weakness |
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Change in
taste sensation |
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Spinal fluid
leak |
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Need for
further surgery |
Stapedotomy/Stapedectomy
back
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Hearing loss
(total or partial) |
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Dizziness or
balance problems |
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Facial
paralysis or weakness |
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Change in
taste sensation |
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Tympanic
membrane perforation |
Septoplasty/Turbinate Reduction
back
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Bleeding
|
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Infection |
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Change in
smell |
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Scar
formation (synechiae) |
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Septal
perforation |
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Dry nose |
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Failure to
improve symptoms |
Endoscopic Sinus Surgery
back
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Bleeding |
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Infection |
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Pain |
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Scar
formation (synechiae) |
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Change in
smell |
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Injury to the
eyes: double vision or blindness |
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Injury to
skull base: spinal fluid leak or air in brain |
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Chronic
tearing (epiphora) |
Submandibular Gland Resection
back
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Bleeding |
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Infection |
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Ugly scar |
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Numbness of
tongue (lingual nerve injury/anesthesia) |
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Weakness of
tongue (hypoglossal nerve injury) |
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Weakness of
lip (marginal mandibular nerve injury) |
Thyroplasty
back
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Bleeding
|
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Infection |
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Ugly scar |
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New or
persistent hoarseness |
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Airway
blockage/difficulty breathing |
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Extrusion of
prosthesis |
Palatopharyngoplasty
back
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Bleeding |
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Pain |
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Airway
blockage/difficulty breathing |
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Nasopharyngeal stenosis – scar causing nasal obstruction |
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Velopharyngeal insufficiency – regurgitation through nose |
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Failure to
improve sleep problems |
Thyroidectomy
back
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Bleeding |
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Infection
|
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Ugly scar |
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Voice box
nerve paralysis (with hoarseness) |
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Hypocalcemia
– low calcium in blood |
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Airway
blockage/difficulty breathing |
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Hypothyroidism – need for hormone replacement |
Parathyroidectomy
back
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Bleeding |
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Infection
|
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Ugly scar |
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Voice box
nerve paralysis (with hoarseness) |
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Hypocalcemia
– low calcium in blood |
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Failure to
correct hypercalcemia |
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Airway
blockage/difficulty breathing |
Neck Dissection
back
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Bleeding |
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Infection |
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Ugly scar |
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Numbness of
skin, ear or tongue |
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Weakness of
shoulder, voicebox, tongue or facial muscles |
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Chyle fistula
(lymph collection) |
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Recurrence of
tumor |
Parotidectomy
back
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Bleeding |
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Infection |
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Ugly scar |
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Facial nerve
paralysis |
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Ear numbness |
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Gustatory
sweating (sweating while eating) |
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Recurrence of
tumor |
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