A Case of Facial Nerve Palsy after General Anesthesia with Facial Mask

Lee, Ho Byoung; Koo, Soo Kweon; Park, Byung Gun; Moon, Ji Seung

doi:10.35420/jcohns.2017.28.1.86

J Clin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2017; 28(1):86-89

pISSN: 1225-0244, eISSN: 2713-833X

DOI: https://doi.org/10.35420/jcohns.2017.28.1.86

증례

안면 마스크식 전신마취 후 발생한 안면신경마비 1예

이호병¹, 구수권¹^,^*, 박병건¹, 문지승¹

A Case of Facial Nerve Palsy after General Anesthesia with Facial Mask

Ho Byoung Lee¹, Soo Kweon Koo¹^,^*, Byung Gun Park¹, Ji Seung Moon¹

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¹부산성모병원 이비인후과

¹Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Busan Saint Mary’s Hospital, Busan, Korea

^*교신저자: 구수권, 48575 부산광역시 남구 용호로232번길 25-14 부산성모병원 이비인후과 전화: (051) 933-7214·전송:(051) 956-1956 E-mail:koosookweon@naver.com

© Copyright 2017 The Busan, Ulsan, Gyeoungnam Branch of Korean Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Received: Mar 21, 2017; Revised: Apr 28, 2017; Accepted: May 25, 2017

Published Online: May 31, 2020

ABSTRACT

A 44-year-old woman underwent operation of removal of external fixator and k-wires under general anesthesia using sevoflurane with jaw thrust maneuver. After the operation, the patient complained of left lower lip weakness and left partial facial palsy developed with drooping of left corner of mouth. Compression of marginal mandibular branch of left facial nerve during the jaw thrust maneuver is estimated to be the cause of facial nerve palsy. Patient’s symptoms improved with steroid therapy and physical therapy. A month later, the patient is doing well without discomfort. (J Clinical Otolaryngol 2017;28:86-89)

Keywords: 안면마비; 마취; 마스크

Keywords: Facial palsy; Anesthesia; Mask