Anaesthetic Challenges in a Pediatric Patient With Klippel Feil Syndrome Undergoing Surgery in Prone Position

Abstract

Seven years old male child with Klippel Feil syndrome and Sprengel shoulder was posted for Woodwards procedure in prone position. Patients with this syndrome are vulnerable to cervical spinal cord injury and are at high risk for neurological injury not only during laryngoscopy and intubation but thereafter. Paediatric patients with cervical spine instability and limited range of motion are challenge to anaesthesiologists.