Anesthetic Management of a Pediatric Patient with Midline Neck Mass Causing Significant Tracheal Compression in Stridor for Resection of Tumor
Jacob Mathew,
Sunil Rajan,
Gayathri Sreekumar
et al.
Abstract:A 1-year-old female child weighing 10 kg, with a mass over the lower part of the neck presented with stridor. Computed tomography showed a solid enhancing lesion in the lower neck causing marked tracheal compression with complete apposition of the anterior and posterior walls of the trachea causing almost complete obliteration of the tracheal lumen. The child was posted for resection of the tumor under general anesthesia. She was induced with sevoflurane 8% in oxygen and intubated following a flexible bronchos… Show more
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