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Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-175327
ABSTRACT
Choices of anaesthetic technique in patients with perforation peritonitis requiring emergency laparotomy vary drastically on the basis of anaesthetist preference and patient’s condition. We report a case of a geriatric male, with restricted mouth opening due to ludwig’s angina and renal derangement, posted for emergency laparotomy for gastric perforation. Thoracic epidural block was used as a sole anaesthetic technique because of above mentioned airway difficulty, instruments limitation in emergency setup and associated co- morbidity. Surgery was conducted successfully.