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| Year : 1994 | Volume
: 40
| Issue : 4 | Page : 216-8 |
Hallermann-Streiff syndrome: airway problems during anaesthesia.
AD Malde, SR Jagtap, SH Pantvaidya
Dept of Anaesthesiology, LTM Medical College, Sion, Bombay, Maharashtra.
Correspondence Address:
A D Malde
Dept of Anaesthesiology, LTM Medical College, Sion, Bombay, Maharashtra.
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PMID: 0009136243 
In the patients with Hallermann-Streiff Syndrome, presence of mandibular hypoplasia and microstomia results in difficult intubation. The anaesthetic management of a three month old child with this syndrome for lensectomy is presented in this report. There was difficulty in maintaining the airway patency during induction which was solved with the help of a modified, improvised airway. Intubation was done after induction with a combination of inhalational and intravenous anaesthetic agents and muscle relaxant. Recognition of this syndrome should alert the physician to the possibility of difficulty in airway maintenance.
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