A case of large occipital meningoencephalocele in a neonate: an alternative approach to intubation

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.