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. 2020 Feb 17;91(Suppl 1):48–53. doi: 10.23750/abm.v91i1-S.9256

Table 1.

Complications classified on the time of onset as follows:

Immediate onset Medium onset Late onset
Anesthesiological:

  1. Cardiac-circulatory arrest

  2. Hypoventilation

  3. Intoxication

  4. Ab ingestis during haemorrhage

  5. Acute pulmonary oedema

 Velo-pharyngeal insufficiency:

  1. Palatine veil injury

  2. Tonsil pillar injury

  3. Uvular injury

 Chronic pharyngitis
Hemorrhagic:

  1. Primary (within 24 h)

  2. Secondary (after 24 h)

 Voice alterations:

  1. Post-surgical pain

  2. Vocal resonance apparatus modifications

  3. Velo-pharyngeal incontinency

 Facial pain and dysphagia due to ossification of the stylohyoid ligament (Eagle’s syndrome)
Oral cavity lesions:

  1. Uvular oedema

  2. Tongue ecchymosis and oedema

  3. Dental avulsion

  4. Mouth or lip burn

  5. Temporomandibular joint dislocation

  6. Mandibular condyle fracture

 Neurological complications:

  1. Dysgeusia

  2. Glossopharyngeal nerve palsy

  3. Facial nerve palsy

  4. Horner’s syndrome
Local infections:

  1. Neck lymph node suppuration or phlegmon

  2. Paratonsillar cellulitis

  3. Retro/parapharyngeal abscess

 Compensatory hypertrophy of the remaining lymphatic tissue (lingual tonsil)
Regional infections:

  1. otitis

  2. sinusitis

  3. epiglottitits

  4. pneumonia

 Emotional trauma
Subcutaneous emphysema or pneumomediastinum
Grisel’s syndrome