[Propofol anesthesia for a patient with Arnold-Chiari deformity].

Abstract

We gave anesthesia for the suboccipital decompression in a 25-yr-old female patient with Arnold-Chiari deformity. The induction and maintenance of anesthesia were performed with fentanyl, continuous infusion of propofol 10-3 mg.kg-1.h-1 and inhalation of nitrous oxide and oxygen, and the operation was performed without any complication. Postoperative course of the patient was also uneventful except a short-term pneumonia. Propofol is more advantageous compared with volatile anesthetics for decreasing intracranial pressure. This suggests that propofol is a suitable anesthetic agent for a patient with Arnold-Chiari deformity.

• Authors: Y Nakayama, H Sonoda, A Namiki
• Journal: Masui. The Japanese journal of anesthesiology (Masui) Vol. 47 Issue 6 Pg. 726-9 (Jun 1998) ISSN: 0021-4892 [Print] Japan
• PMID: 9691593 (Publication Type: Case Reports, English Abstract, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Anesthetics, Inhalation
• Anesthetics, Intravenous
• Nitrous Oxide
• Oxygen
• Fentanyl
• Propofol

Topics

• Adult
• Anesthesia (methods)
• Anesthetics, Inhalation
• Anesthetics, Intravenous
• Arnold-Chiari Malformation (surgery)
• Decompression, Surgical
• Female
• Fentanyl
• Humans
• Nitrous Oxide
• Oxygen
• Propofol