title: Anaesthetic management of a patient with Laurence Moon Biedl syndrome undergoing ostium primum atrial septal defect closure.
abstract: Laurence-Moon-Biedl Syndrome is primarily a rare, recessively inherited genetic disorder. The cardinal features are polydactyly, obesity and retinitis pigmentosa, mental retardation, genital hypoplasia and cardiac anomalies. This spectrum may extend and may also involve renal anomalies. Here, we report a rare case of 15-year-old boy who was overweight and suffering from Laurence Moon Biedl syndrome scheduled for closure of atrial septal defect.
authors.affiliation: Professor and Head, Department of Anaesthesiology, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Karad, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Vithal K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Dhulkhed
authors.affiliation: Assistant professor, Department of Anaesthesiology, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Karad, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Akshaya N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Shetti
authors.affiliation: Senior resident, Department of Anaesthesiology, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Karad, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Pavan V
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Dhulkhed
keywords: Airway; Laurence-Moon-Biedl syndrome; atrial septal defect; obesity