%0 Journal Article
%T Anaesthetic concerns for large intracranial cyst excision: expect the unexpected!
%A Uma Hariharan Hariharan
%A Rakesh Garg
%A Alka Gupta
%A Seema Wasnik
%J Clinics and Practice
%D 2012
%I PAGEPress Publications
%R 10.4081/cp.2012.e50
%X Neurosurgical procedures in infants poses various challenges such as difficulty in venous cannulation, securing invasive vascular lines, difficult airway, controlling intra-cranial tension, managing large fluid shifts to positioning- related issues and temperature maintenance. We hereby present an case of a large intracranial space occupying lesion, suspected to be a hydatid cyst, which later turned out to be an infected ventricular cyst and intraoperative problems. A thorough preparation prior to operation of infected cystic lesion of the brain is required including anticipation of massive blood loss and its management. A slow decompression of the large cystic lesion should be done.
%K anaesthesia
%K intracranial cyst
%K massive bleeding.
%U http://www.clinicsandpractice.org/index.php/cp/article/view/302