Subarachnoid block in a pediatric patient with severe kyphoscoliosis

Anesthesia in pediatric patients with severe kyphoscoliosis presents a definite challenge to the anesthesiologists. Giving general anesthesia as well as regional anesthesia is quite tricky in such patients. Anesthesiologists must be prepared for general anesthesia even after giving subarachnoid bloc...

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Published inMedical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth Vol. 13; no. 3; pp. 282 - 284
Main Authors Chandra, Alka, Jha, Sharda, Agarwal, Megha, Chandra, Naresh
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd 2020
Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
Subjects
Bupivacaine
Children
Health aspects
Hernia
kyphosis
Pediatric anesthesia
scoliosis
subarachnoid block
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Summary:Anesthesia in pediatric patients with severe kyphoscoliosis presents a definite challenge to the anesthesiologists. Giving general anesthesia as well as regional anesthesia is quite tricky in such patients. Anesthesiologists must be prepared for general anesthesia even after giving subarachnoid blockade as chances of failure, patchy effect, and unilateral blocks are very high. Here, we report a pediatric case of kyphoscoliosis posted for inguinal hernia repair done successfully under subarachanoid blockade.
ISSN:2589-8302
2278-7119
DOI:10.4103/mjdrdypu.mjdrdypu_154_19