International Journal of Medical Research & Health Sciences
  • Year: 2014
  • Volume: 3
  • Issue: 1

Scoliosis correction in children-anaesthetic challenge: A case report

  • Author:
  • Amarjeet D Patil, KR Sivashankar, Arpan Sashankar, Shikha A Malhotra, Nitin Kapoor, Charu Sudan
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 183 to 185

Department of Anaesthesiology, MGM Medical College and Hospital, Kamothe, Navi Mumbai, India

*Corresponding author email: amarjeetpatil999@yahoo.co.in

Online published on 15 January, 2014.

Abstract

Kyphoscoliosis is a challenging surgery to surgeons but even more challenging to anaesthesiologist to give anaesthesia and maintain it throughout the surgery and post operative pain relief and ventilation. Here we are describing the case of 3 years old male child weighing 9kg for surgical correction of spine deformity with instrumentation.

Keywords

Scoliosis, Children and Anaesthesia