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- Title
Spinal anesthesia for inguinal hernia repair in an infant with congenital tracheomalacia.
- Authors
Mesut, Erbas; Adem, Kucuk; Ozlem, Ersoy; Burhan, Dost; Hakan, Ates; Omur, Ozturk
- Abstract
Tracheomalacia is a rare and serious condition associated with high mortality in children receiving intensive care. There have been only a few reports of anaesthetic management of the patients with tracheomalacia. We present a case report of a seven month old boy with congenital tracheomalacia, scheduled for right inguinal hernia repair under spinal anesthesia. During the operation the blood pressure, the peripheral oxygen saturation and the heart rate remained within the normal ranges. The recovery of motor block took 55 minutes after spinal anesthesia. We want to highlight that spinal anesthesia may be performed by skilled and trained practitioners in children with tracheomalacia or for other specific indications.
- Subjects
SPINAL anesthesia; INGUINAL hernia; TRACHEOMALACIA; INFANT disease treatment; INFANT mortality; EMLA (Anesthetics); THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Anaesthesia, Pain & Intensive Care, 2012, Vol 16, Issue 1, p74
- ISSN
1607-8322
- Publication type
Case Study