Dexamethasone treatment for bilateral lingual nerve injury following orotracheal intubation.

J Dent Anesth Pain Med

Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, School of Dentistry, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea.

Published: April 2018

Lingual nerve injury is a rare complication of general anesthesia. The causes of lingual nerve injury following general anesthesia are multifactorial; possible mechanisms may include difficult laryngoscopy, prolonged anterior mandibular displacement, improper placement of the oropharyngeal airway, macroglossia and tongue compression. In this report, we have described a case of bilateral lingual nerve injury that was associated with orotracheal intubation for open reduction and internal fixation of the left distal radius fracture in a 61-year-old woman. In this case, early treatment with dexamethasone effectively aided the recovery of the injured lingual nerve.

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