Anaesthesia for cervical laminectomy in a patient with total anomalous pulmonary venous connection.
A 45-yr-old male patient, having total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) underwent cervical laminectomy under general anaesthesia without complication. The case was diagnosed preoperatively by angiocardiography. An uncomplicated patient of TAPVC can undergo non-cardiac surgery with due precaution against air-embolism and hypoxaemia.
Mohite
S N
SN
Department of Anaesthesiology, Topiwala National Medical College, Bombay, India.
Divekar
V M
VM
D000768:Anesthesia, General; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000002:abnormalities*