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

Gulhane Med J 2016;58(2):205-206 DOI: 10.5455/gulhane.177711
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Abstract

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.