introduction: we present a retrospective two-center study series and discussion of the current literature to assess the benefits of facial nerve monitoring during parotidectomy. materials and methods: from 2007 to 2012, 128 parotidectomies were performed in 125 patients. of these, 47 procedures were performed without facial nerve monitoring (group 1) and 81 with facial nerve monitoring (group 2...

1Department of Emergency Medicine and Disaster Medicine, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland 2Department of Anaesthesia and Reanimation, Kocaeli University Hospital, Umuttepe, Kocaeli, Turkey 3School of Medicine, Campus Bio-Medico University, Rome, Italy 4MSc “Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation”, Medical School of University of Athens, Athens, Greece 5Hellenic Society of Cardiopulmonary Resusci...

Correspondence: Serkan Karaman, Gaziosmanpaşa Univ., School of Medicine, Dept. Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Tokat Email: [email protected] Received: 18.03.2014, Accepted: 09.04.2014 Copyright © JCEI / Journal of Clinical and Experimental Investigations 2014, All rights reserved JCEI / 2014; 5 (2): 200-205 Journal of Clinical and Experimental Investigations doi: 10.5799/ahinjs.01.2014...

Address: 1Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Faculty of Medicine, Ondokuz Mayis University, Kurupelit, 55139, Samsun, Turkey, 2Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Ondokuz Mayis University, Kurupelit, 55139, Samsun, Turkey and 3Department of Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Ondokuz Mayis University, Kurupelit, 55139, Samsun, Turkey

A 67-year-old male patient underwent exploratory thoracotomy for pulmonary nodule resection. The patient presented a cardiorespiratory arrest during anesthesia due to myocardium infarction. After reanimation the patient was referred to ICU where he remained intubated for 7 days. Subsequently, he developed cervical tracheal stenosis. At first, the patient underwent a myocardium revascularization...