A patient who had a laryngectomy 3 months earlier returns to the physician's office with the complaint of increasing dyspnea.Which common postlaryngectomy complication should the nurse recognize this complaint as indicating?

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Dyspnea can be a symptom of tracheal stenosis, which is a common postlaryngectomy complication where the trachea narrows and restricts breathing. Hypertrophied stoma, salivary fistula, and carotid blowout are also potential complications of laryngectomy, but they would not necessarily present with increasing dyspnea as the primary symptom.

A Patient Who Had a Laryngectomy 3 Months Earlier Returns