Aphonia following tracheal intubation: An unanticipated post-operative complication
A 32-year-old male patient with Mallampati (MP) I airway was posted for elective laparotomy for excision of hepatic flexure mass. Patient was intubated with 8.5 mm internal diameter (ID) ETT in first attempt. Hoarseness of voice was noted 3 h after extubation and indirect laryngoscopy (IDL) revealed right vocal cord palsy. There was spontaneous resolution of the condition in 40 days.