Case Report
Tongue Tied after Shoulder Surgery: A Case Series and Literature Review
Table 3
Additional case reports of postoperative Tapia’s syndrome.
| First Author | Surgery | Position | Airway | Throat Pack | Nitrous Oxide Used | Determined Cause |
| Ota [19] | Le Fort osteotomy and genioplasty | NA | transnasal ETT | Yes | NA | Intubation and position | Cinar [22] | Rhinoplasty | Semi-recumbent | Oral ETT | Yes | No | Excessive cuff pressure | Poveda [20] | Rhinoplasty | Semi-supine | Oral ETT | Yes | No | Throat pack and positioning | Yavuzer [39] | Septorhinoplasty | Unspecified | Oral ETT | Yes | NA | ETT | Una [40] | Anterior mediastinotomy | NA | Oral ETT fiberoptic intubation | No | NA | ETT | Nalladaru [41] | CABG | Supine | Oral ETT | No | NA | Intubation or positioning | Park [42] | Posterior cervical spine | Concord position | Oral ETT | NA | NA | Positioning | Lykoudis [43] | Rhinoplasty | NA | Oral ETT | Yes | NA | Throat pack | Kashyap [44] | Repair of mandibular fracture | NA | Nasal ETT | NA | NA | Unclear | Lim [45] | Cervical laminoplasty | Prone | Oral ETT | No | No | ETT and positioning | Sotiriou [46] | CABG | Supine | Oral ETT | No | NA | positioning | Bakhshaee [47] | Rhinoplasty | NA | Oral ETT | Yes | Yes | Intubation, ETT, throat pack, controlled hypotension | Varedi [48] | Zygomatic arch repair | NA | Transnasal ETT | Yes | NA | Unclear | Ghorbani [49] | Septorhinoplasty | Supine with head elevated | Oral ETT | Yes | NA | ETT, throat pack, position |
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= bilateral; NA = not available; IS = interscalene block. |