A successful anaesthetic management of excision of huge sacrococcygeal teratoma in neonate
Abstract
Abstract :
Sacrococcygeal Teratoma is a germ cell tumour although
rare, commonly seen in neonate. It is a fast growing
tumour,that sometimes it becomes even larger than the baby.
Anaesthetic implications include difficulty in accessing
i n t r a v e n o u s l i n e , p o s i t i o n i n g , i n t u b a t i o n
challenge,intraoperative massive hemmorrhage, hypothermia
and haemodynamic monitoring. This is a case report of very
huge sacrococcygeal teratoma removal under general
anaesthesia and controlled ventilation which posed various
anaesthetic challenges and its successful management.
Keyword :sacrococcygeal teratoma, intubation
challenge,massive hemorrhage,hypothermia
Full Text:
PDFReferences
Smith paediatric anaesthesia, 7th edition
Anaesthetic management of a low birth weight infant with giant
sacrococcygeal teratoma – Japnese article oct 2010 59(10)
Robinson S,Laussen PC,Brown TC – Anaesthesia for
sacrococcygeal teratoma- a case report, Royal children’s
hospital,Melbourne,Australia
Major sacrococcygeal teratoma in an extreme premature
infant:Denotter SCM, deMol AC,Eggink AJ et al; a multidisciplinary
approach -2008;23:14-45
Perinatal and perianaesthetic management of sacrococcygeal
teratoma in neonate, 1998 – Dec;47(12)
Managing sacrococcygeal teratoma in a newborn of psychopathic
widow- a case report Nigerian medical journal 2009 vol 50; EEO.
Onuoha,CC Amah,HA Ezike University of Nigeria teaching hostal
Kelleher A, Mackersie A - Cardiac arrest and resuscitation of a 6
months old achondroplastic baby undergoing neurosurgery in prone
position. Anaesthesia 1995;50:348-350
T
Loewenthal A, De Albuquerque AM- Efficacy of
external cardiac massage in patient in proneposition. Ann
Fr Anaes Reanim 1993;12:587 - 589
Brown J, Rogers A, Soar J - Cardiac arrest during
surgery and ventilation in prone position, a case report and
systemic review. Resuscitation 2001,50:233-238
Tobras J D,Mercio G A, Atwood R- Intraoperative CPR
in prone position. J paed sur, 1994;29:1537-1538
Refbacks
- There are currently no refbacks.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
An initiative of The Tamil Nadu Dr M.G.R. Medical University