Anaesthetic considerations in a patient with Fraser syndrome.
A 16-year-old girl with Fraser syndrome underwent abdominal hysterectomy under general anaesthesia. She had multiple congenital anomalies which included a cardiac defect and airway abnormalities. Intubation difficulties were circumvented by the retrograde technique of placement of the tracheal tube.
Jagtap
S R
SR
Department of Anaesthesiology, L.T.M. Medical College, Sion, Bombay, India.
Malde
A D
AD
Pantvaidya
S H
SH
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple; D000293:Adolescent; D000768:Anesthesia, General / Q000379:methods*; D005143:Eyelids / Q000002:abnormalities*; D005260:Female; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000379:methods*; D015619:Respiratory System Abnormalities; D013577:Syndrome