Floppy Uvula after GETA

[masterPain]

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Hey all,

Lowly pain doctor who had surgery yesterday, had the usual sore throat after intubation. I had this weird lump in my soft palate upon swallowing and my uvula looks elongated and floppy. Doesn’t appear to be necrosed.

In all my years of practicing anesthesia I never had this happen to one of my patients. (To my knowledge at least)

I’m assuming this is self limited and will get better in time?

 

[NicholasPavona]

Hey all,

Lowly pain doctor who had surgery yesterday, had the usual sore throat after intubation. I had this weird lump in my soft palate upon swallowing and my uvula looks elongated and floppy. Doesn’t appear to be necrosed.

In all my years of practicing anesthesia I never had this happen to one of my patients. (To my knowledge at least)

I’m assuming this is self limited and will get better in time?

Yes

 

[Hoya11]

Hey all,

Lowly pain doctor who had surgery yesterday, had the usual sore throat after intubation. I had this weird lump in my soft palate upon swallowing and my uvula looks elongated and floppy. Doesn’t appear to be necrosed.

In all my years of practicing anesthesia I never had this happen to one of my patients. (To my knowledge at least)

I’m assuming this is self limited and will get better in time?

sounds like a bad lma placement

 

[masterPain]

sounds like a bad lma placement

No LMA, ET tube

 

[UscGhost]

No LMA, ET tube

Seen it with EGDs before.

Sometimes lma can kink the uvula

If ett, may have been bent in a way that inadvertently out pressure on it. Very rare but also hard to avoid specifically as you can't really complo control what the ett tube does

 

[ambiturner]

Very common, often it’s from suctioning prior to removing the ETT. If the yankauer gets right on the uvula it’ll give it a big tug, and a lot of people do it repeatedly.

 

[abolt18]

I've seen a lot of damage done by aggressive suctioning. I'd suspect it's the culprit.

 

[masterPain]

Very common, often it’s from suctioning prior to removing the ETT. If the yankauer gets right on the uvula it’ll give it a big tug, and a lot of people do it repeatedly.

Self limiting I suppose?

 

[pgg]

Strictly speaking, even though you're a doctor and a regular SDN member, this thread falls in the basket of seeking medical advice, which SDN doesn't permit.

Standard disclaimer - if you have questions or concern about your health or care, discuss them with your doctor. 🙂

Closing thread.