[Anesthesic management of a patient with Stickler's syndrome]

Masui. 2006 Dec;55(12):1487-9.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

Stickler's syndrome is a connective-tissue disease of autosome dominant inheritance. This report concerns a 3-year-old girl with Stickler's syndrome who underwent arthroplasty under general anesthesia. After slow induction of anesthesia with an inhalation anesthetic, neither a oropharyngeal airway nor a laryngeal mask airway fitted her, and mask ventilation and endotracheal intubation became difficult. Endotracheal intubation was performed not with a muscle relaxant but under deep anesthesia. Care should be taken when planning anesthesia for a case of this syndrome because airway management is often difficult and emergency surgery for detached retinas might be required.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Anesthesia, General / methods*
  • Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee
  • Child, Preschool
  • Connective Tissue Diseases / complications*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Intubation, Intratracheal / methods*
  • Pierre Robin Syndrome / complications*