Open AccessGiant oral tumor in a child with malnutrition and sickle cell trait: Anesthetic challenges
Author(s) -
Preet Mohinder Singh,
Anuradha Borle,
Anjan Trikha
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of anaesthesiology-clinical pharmacology/journal of anaesthesiology clinical pharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 2231-2730
pISSN - 0970-9185
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9185.117107
Subject(s) - medicine , sickle cell trait , intubation , malnutrition , airway management , intensive care medicine , airway , trait , anesthetic , surgery , pediatrics , pathology , disease , computer science , programming language
Pediatric oral tumors have always been challenging for the even most skilled anesthesiologists. The conventional method of awake intubation is not realistic in this age group. The management is to chart out a plan to intubate the child post induction. We describe successful management of a case of giant of ossifying fibroma in a child with sickle cell trait where non-conventional innovate approach helped us to secure the airway pre-operatively and avoid possible medical complications.