Anaesthetic Management For Total Hip Replacement In A Case Of Ankylosing Spondylitis

摘要

Purpose: Managing a case of severely affected ankylosing spondylitis with limited available facilities, is a great challenge for an anaesthesiologist, as it possess lots of problems inherited to it.Clinical features: We report a case of total hip replacement in a patient of ankylosing spondylitis with past history of pulmonary koch's, managed in SSG Hospital Baroda which resulted in a successful surgery.Conclusion: This report throws light on importance of pre-anaesthetic visit for proper counseling of patient, study of anatomical landmark, discussion of anesthetic complications to be faced, importance of indirect laryngoscopy, decision of anaesthetic technique as well as thorough discussion with surgeon to carry out this case successfully.