Open AccessAnesthesia management of a morbidly obese patient in prone position for lumbar spine surgery
Author(s) -
Vaibhavi Baxi,
Shashank Budhakar
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of craniovertebral junction and spine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.38
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 0976-9285
pISSN - 0974-8237
DOI - 10.4103/0974-8237.65483
Subject(s) - medicine , prone position , surgery , lumbar , morbidly obese , decompression , anesthesia , deep vein , body mass index , morbid obesity , airway management , airway , thrombosis , obesity , weight loss , pathology
A morbidly obese, 45-year-old woman with a body mass index of 47 kg/m(2) , presented with a prolapsed intervertebral disc of the lumbar spine for decompression and fixation. Anesthesia and surgical positioning of morbidly obese patient carries 3 main hazards, namely, morbid obesity, prone position, and airway preservation problems. Morbid obesity has its own hazards of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolus. Here we describe anesthetic management, successfully dealing with the specific problems of this patient due to obesity.