Journal of Anesthesia and SurgeryJournal of Anesthesia and SurgeryJournal of Anesthesia and SurgeryJournal of Anesthesia and Surgery2377-1364Ommega Online PublishersNew Jersey, USA196010.15436/2377-1364.18.1960Research ArticleCase Report: Tapia’s Syndrome after Prolonged and Repeated IntubationsCase Report: Tapia’s Syndrome after Prolonged and Repeated IntubationsRebekahTan1 Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Perth Western Australia2 Department of Surgery Joondalup Health Campus Joondalup Western Australia3 Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Royal Perth Hospital Perth Western AustraliaEditor* E-mail: rebekah_2104@hotmail.com
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
20182409201852JAS-18-CR-196005092018180920182018Creative Commons Attribution LicenseThis is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. nbsp emsp emsp Tapia rsquo s syndrome is the extra cranial involvement of cranial nerves X and XII causing often reversible ipsilateral paralysis of the vocal cords and tongue In the majority of reported cases it is a rare complication of anaesthetic airway management and head positioning during the surgery We describe a patient with post-operative unilateral Tapia rsquo s syndrome after multiple general anaesthetics with uncomplicated prolonged endotracheal intubation 10