A Case of Large Occipital Meningoencephalocele in a Neonate: An Alternative Approach to Intubation

Verma Anil; Babu Saravana; Gupta Bikram; Gautam Gyanendra; Sachidanand Gupta

A Case of Large Occipital Meningoencephalocele in a Neonate: An Alternative Approach to Intubation

Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences,2014,4,2,957-959.

Published:May 2014

Type:Case Report

Authors:

Author(s) affiliations:

Verma Anil¹, Babu Saravana^2,*, Gupta Bikram³, Gautam Gyanendra⁴, Sachidanand Gupta⁵

¹Assistant Professor, G.S.V.M Medical College, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.

²Junior resident, G.S.V.M Medical College, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.

³Junior resident, G.S.V.M Medical College, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.

⁴Senior resident, G.S.V.M Medical College, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.

⁵Assistant Professor, Rama Medical College, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Abstract:

Anaesthetic management of occipital meningoencephaloceles poses lot of challenges starting from airway management and positioning to perioperative care and postoperative outcome.We report a successful airway management in a case of 18 -day- old female baby presented with a large occipital meningoencephalocele posted for surgical excision and the newer technique of intubation followed in this case while,the routine preferred techniques were failed.

Keywords:Airway management, Intubation approach, Occipital meningoencephalocele