Thoracic epidural anaesthesia – A promising alternative for a patient with difficult airway
Journal Title: Indian Journal of Clinical Anaesthesia - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 2
Abstract
A patient with post burn contracture of neck and Marjolins ulcer on anterior chest wall was posted for wide local excision and skin grafting Skin graft was taken from lower limb under unilateral subarachnoid block and wide local excision of ulcer was performed under thoracic epidural anaesthesia In the background of preformulated strategy in view of anticipated difficult airway regional anaesthesia is a well established and safe alternative in expert handsKeywords Anterior chest wall surgery difficult airway Thoracic epidural Post burn contracture PBC
Authors and Affiliations
Charuta Gadkari, Priyanka Pravin Deshmukh, Megha Tajne, Ankush Wasnik
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP476495
- DOI 10.18231/2394-4994.2018.0056
- Views 83
- Downloads 0
Pediatric septic arthritis with pericardial and pleural effusions for emergency drainage - Case Report
Sepsis is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in pediatric age group, mainly because of hemodynamic compromise and multi-organ dysfunction. Septic patients have impaired tissue perfusion, threatening functions of vi...
Comparison of intraoperative bleeding and surgical fields with and without tranexamic acid in Functional endoscopic sinus surgery
Functional endoscopic sinus surgery FESS requires good intraoperative surgical field visualization for better identification of structures Among the many modalities for improving visibility antifibrinolytic agent like Tr...
A prospective observational study of I-gel supraglottic airway in short gynaecological laparoscopic surgeries
Background: Increase use of laryngeal masks like I-gel in recent years is growing because of its single use, non-inflatable and other advantages. Methods: This prospective observational study was conducted in female pati...
A prospective randomized double blind comparative study of 0.5% ropivacaine and 0.5% bupivacaine in brachial plexus block with supraclavicular approach in upper limb surgeries using peripheral nerve locator
Introduction: Racemic Bupivacaine is a commonly used local anesthetic. Ropivacaine, an enantiomerically pure stereo-isomer of Bupivacaine is now available in India. Previous studies have proved the suitability of Ropivac...
Role of Dexmedetomidine in anesthetic management of lower limb orthopaedic surgery in a patient with low ejection fraction
Cardiac patient for non cardiac surgery has since forever been a topic of interest for the anaesthesiologist Few cases have only been reported with their own suitable line of management however the simultaneous use of co...