ANAESTHETIC MANAGEMENT OF A PATIENT WITH ACHONDROPLASIA POSTED FOR BILATERAL URETEROSCOPIC LITHOTRIPSYAN ANAESTHETIC CHALLENGE.

10.22376/ijpbs.2019.10.1.p1-12

Volume 6 Issue 3 2015 (July - September) ANAESTHETIC MANAGEMENT OF A PATIENT WITH ACHONDROPLASIA POSTED FOR BILATERAL URETEROSCOPIC LITHOTRIPSYAN ANAESTHETIC CHALLENGE. Achondroplasia is the commonest form of dwarfism which results fromabnormal cartilage formation at epiphyseal growth plates.A forty year old male , short stature presented to the hospital with bilateral ureteric stone and posted for bilateral ureteroscopic lithotripsy.This is a case report of a successful Anaesthetic management of a patient with achondroplasia under spinal anaesthesia. DR.SHIVANAND L.K, DR. PRATIBHA S.D AND DR.D G TALIKOTI Achondroplasia,Spinal anaesthesia,Scoliosis, Difficult airway. 59-63