The patient who had a laryngectomy 3 months earlier returns to the physician's office with the complaint of increasing dyspnea.The nurse recognizes this complaint as an indication of the common postlaryngectomy complication of:

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Tracheal stenosis causes the otherwise healthy recovering patient who has undergone a laryngectomy to experience increased dyspnea.

The Patient Who Had a Laryngectomy 3 Months Earlier Returns