title: Anesthetic management of a newborn with a cervical meningomyelocele.
abstract: Anesthesia of a newborn poses different types of challenges to the anesthesiologist. Cervical meningomyelocele adds to the difficulty with positioning and airway problems. We report a case of successful management of such a case.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Puduchery, South India. painfreepartha@gmail.com
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Parthasarathy
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Umeshkumar
authors.forename: Sameer Mahamud
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Jahagirdar
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ravishankar
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia / Q000379:methods*; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal; D008591:Meningomyelocele / Q000601:surgery*; D056888:Patient Positioning