title: General anesthesia in a patient with dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa.
abstract: A 13-year-old boy with epidermolysis bullosa underwent a repair of pseudosyndactyly. He had a long history of bullae formation in the oral cavity and on the pharynx and body surface, and some were active at the time of surgery. We chose inhalational general anesthesia with tracheal intubation using sevoflurane and nitrous oxide. The trachea was successfully extubated after the surgery, and no major bulla formation was observed. General anesthesia with tracheal intubation may be chosen as anesthesia for patients with epidermolysis bullosa.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Resuscitology, Okayama University Medical School, Okayama 700-8558, Japan.
authors.forename: Yuichiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Toda
authors.forename: Masataka
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Morimatsu
authors.forename: Hideki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakatsuka
authors.forename: Mamoru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takeuchi
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Katayama
authors.forename: Kiyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Morita
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D018685:Anesthetics, Inhalation; D016108:Epidermolysis Bullosa Dystrophica / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008738:Methyl Ethers; D009609:Nitrous Oxide; D000077149:Sevoflurane; D013576:Syndactyly / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D018685:Anesthetics, Inhalation; D008738:Methyl Ethers; D000077149:Sevoflurane; D009609:Nitrous Oxide