Anesthesia for craniofacial surgery in infancy.
Anesthetic management of infants undergoing craniofacial surgery can be challenging. Primary concerns for the anesthesiologist include blood loss and its management. The evolution of procedures to treat craniosynostosis has resulted in improvements in perioperative morbidity, including decreased blood loss and transfusion, shorter operations, and shorter hospital stays. An understanding of the procedures performed to treat craniosynostosis is necessary to provide optimal anesthetic management. Descriptions of current surgical techniques and approaches to anesthetic care are presented in this review.
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, 34th Street and Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. Electronic address: strickerp@email.chop.edu.
Paul A
PA
Stricker
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, 34th Street and Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
John E
JE
Fiadjoe
D016063:Blood Loss, Surgical / Q000517:prevention & control; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D001810:Blood Volume; D019465:Craniofacial Abnormalities / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003398:Craniosynostoses / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003399:Craniotomy; D006260:Head Protective Devices; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007430:Intraoperative Care; D011182:Postoperative Care; D019106:Postoperative Hemorrhage / Q000628:therapy; D011300:Preoperative Care; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D012886:Skull / Q000601:surgery
Craniofacial surgery; Craniosynostosis; Endoscopic; Pediatrics; Transfusion