Perioperative Positioning Concerns and Airway Management in Pediatric Meningomyelocele Surgery: A Novel Innovation

robotic assisted minimally invasive surgery, a novel innovation in surgery

Advances and Controversies in Perioperative Airway Management.

1Department of Anaesthesia and IntensiveMedicine, 1stMedical Faculty, CharlesUniversity in Prague andGeneralUniversityHospital, Ulice Nemocnice 2, 120 21 Prague, Czech Republic 2Norwich Research Park, University of East Anglia, Norwich, Norfolk NR4 7TJ, UK 3Department of Anesthesia, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA 52242-1009, USA 4Department of Anesthesiology and Reanima...

Pediatric airway management.

Pediatric airway problems are seen commonly in pediatric and general emergency departments, management of the pediatric airway is often stressful to providers. This article reviews the pediatric airway, highlighting the anatomic and physiologic differences between infant, pediatric and adult airways, and how these differences impact assessment and management of the pediatric airway.

Perioperative evaluation and management in dermatologic surgery.

Thorough and efficient perioperative evaluation is mandatory for all patients undergoing dermatologic operation. Patients may present with concise or extensive medical histories, and an organized approach will focus attention on issues relevant to the patient's dermatologic disease and the planned surgical procedure. Management of common perioperative issues in a proactive and standardized mann...

Perioperative patient management in pediatric neurosurgery.

OBJECTIVES To describe the main pathophysiological differences in neurosurgical procedures between children and adults; the main complications and adverse events resulting from pediatric neurosurgery reported in studies; the singularities in anesthetic and intraoperative management in several neurosurgical diseases; the more specific and common complications and their management in the most fre...