Case Report

Regional anesthesia for a patient with severe kyphoscoliosis in percutaneous nephrolithotomy surgery

10.5455/gulhane.177711

  • Aysun Kurtay
  • Münire Babayiğit
  • Merve Bayraktaroğlu
  • Handan Güleç
  • Zehra Baykal Tutal
  • Eyüp Horasanlı

Received Date: 16.01.2015 Accepted Date: 09.02.2015 Gulhane Med J 2016;58(2):205-206

Kyphoscoliosis is a progressive disease may cause difficulties with both tracheal intubation and regional anesthesia. This report describes the combined spinal epidural anesthesia experience for percutaneous nephrolithotomy that performed in a patient with severe thoracolumbar kyphoscoliosis.

Keywords: regional anesthesia, percutaneous nephrolithotomy, kyphoscoliosis.