Anesthetic management in a case severe thoracolumbar kyphoscoliosis and difficult airway; [Ciddi torakolomber kifoskolyozu ve zor hava yolu olan olguda anestezi yönetimi]

Topçu I.; Öztürk T.; Bulut S.; Tezcan Keleş G.

Anesthetic management in a case severe thoracolumbar kyphoscoliosis and difficult airway; [Ciddi torakolomber kifoskolyozu ve zor hava yolu olan olguda anestezi yönetimi]

Date

2009

Authors

Abstract

Anesthetic management in a case severe thoracolumbar kyphoscoliosis and difficult airway Spinal deformities may cause difficulties with both tracheal intubation and regional anesthesia. This report describes the anesthetic management that was performed in 48 years old patient with extremely severe thoracolumbar kyphoscoliosis and mallampati class IV. After examining the risk factors, spinal block by injecting single dose 12, 5 mg bupivacaine solution to the intratechal space was chosen to provide anaesthesia. Motor and sensory blockade at the level of Thl2 was achieved. Spinal anesthesia can be successfull even in cases of severe thoracolumbar kyphoscoliosis and difficult airway manage-ment.