TY - JOUR
T1 - Single-Shot Spinal Anesthesia in an Infant Requiring Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Open Lower-Extremity Surgery
T2 - A Case Report
AU - Sanofsky, Benjamin A.
AU - Jorgensen, Benjamin V.
AU - Whitaker, Emmett E.
AU - Lisle, Jennifer W.
AU - Waldschmidt, Brian M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Spinal anesthesia (SA) is a safe and effective anesthetic technique for lower abdominal and lower extremity surgery in neonates and infants and is associated with an apparent state of sedation. We report the use of single-shot SA in a 6-week-old infant for a combined magnetic resonance imaging and open surgical biopsy of a deep soft tissue lower extremity mass. By leveraging the unique qualities of SA (sedation and surgical blockade), we avoided the need for general anesthesia. To our knowledge, this is the first reported use of single-shot SA for an infant undergoing two procedures in the same day.
AB - Spinal anesthesia (SA) is a safe and effective anesthetic technique for lower abdominal and lower extremity surgery in neonates and infants and is associated with an apparent state of sedation. We report the use of single-shot SA in a 6-week-old infant for a combined magnetic resonance imaging and open surgical biopsy of a deep soft tissue lower extremity mass. By leveraging the unique qualities of SA (sedation and surgical blockade), we avoided the need for general anesthesia. To our knowledge, this is the first reported use of single-shot SA for an infant undergoing two procedures in the same day.
KW - Infant spinal anesthesia
KW - Magnetic resonance imaging
KW - Open lower-extremity surgery
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85148586644&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.14740/jmc3519
DO - 10.14740/jmc3519
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85148586644
SN - 1923-4155
VL - 11
SP - 286
EP - 288
JO - Journal of Medical Cases
JF - Journal of Medical Cases
IS - 9
ER -