[Postextubation laryngeal edema seven years after undergoing neck dissection].

We report a case of upper airway obstruction after extubation in a 69-year-old female patient who underwent transurethral ureterolithotripsy (TUL). She had underwent bilateral modified radical neck dissection 7 years previously. TUL went smoothly in Trenderenburg position, and the extubation was performed after antagonism of neuromuscular block.

[Perioperative failure of hemodialysis shunts: analysis of risk factors].

Background: Because vascular access dysfunction results in substantial morbidity in patients undergoing chronic hemodialysis, this complication should be avoided. However, we experienced four patients whose hemodialysis shunts failed within 24 hours postoperatively.

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed operations performed under general anesthesia in our hospital for patients receiving hemodialysis shunts between May 2001 and October 2002.