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| Year : 2016 | Volume
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| Issue : 4 | Page : 193-196 |
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Anaesthesia management in craniovertebral junctional anomalies
Oswald Mascarenhas
Department of Anaesthesiology, Lilavati Hospital and Research Centre, Bandra west, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Correspondence Address:
Oswald Mascarenhas
Department of Anaesthesiology, Lilavati Hospital and Research Centre, Bandra West, Mumbai - 400 050, Maharashtra
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0974-8237.193256
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Craniovertebral Junctional (CVJ) anomalies are developmental disorders that affect the skeleton and enclosed neuraxis at the junction of cranium and cervical spine. The high prevalence of airway obstruction and restrictive pulmonary disease in combination with cardiovascular manifestations poses a high anaesthetic risk to these patients. This article provides a discussion of management of anaesthesia in patients with craniovertebral anomalies, the evaluation of risk factors in these patients and their management, including emergency airway issues. |
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