Open AccessDifficult mask ventilation made easy: Three cases of Parry Romberg syndrome
Author(s) -
Kavitha Jayaram,
Indira Gurajala,
Gurumurthy Ramachandran
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of anaesthesia/indian journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.645
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 0976-2817
pISSN - 0019-5049
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5049.179467
Subject(s) - medicine , airway , intensive care medicine , parry , perioperative , surgery , natural language processing , computer science
Parry Romberg syndrome presenting as hemifacial atrophy poses various perioperative problems due to multi-system involvement. These patients have several anaesthetic implications which are published as case reports. In spite of several case reports, airway issues associated with this disease is under-discussed. This report of three cases discusses airway difficulties and the multiple methods to tackle them in an easier way by focussing concentration on airway assessment and appropriate preoperative planning.