Retrosternal goitre: Anaesthetic implications and management Choudhary Nitin1,*, Kumar Abhijit2, Wadhawan Sonia3, Bhadoria Poonam4, Panwar Vishnu5 1Senior Resident, Dept. of Anaesthesiology, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India 2PG Student, Dept. of Anaesthesiology, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India 3Director Professor, Dept. of Anaesthesiology, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India 4Director Professor, Dept. of Anaesthesiology, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India 5Specialist, Dept. of Anaesthesiology, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India *Corresponding Author: Email: drnitinchoudhary@yahoo.in
Online published on 3 January, 2019. Abstract Large retrosternal goitre is a challenge to the anaesthesiologist and the surgeon. We describe the successful anaesthetic management of a 44 year old male patient with extensive retrosternal goitre with severe tracheal compression, operated for total thyroidectomy under general anaesthesia by combined cervical approach and sternotomy. A multidisciplinary team approach with surgical colleagues allowed successful management of the patient. Top Keywords Retrosternal goitre, Thyroidectomy, Sternotomy, Awake fibreoptic intubation. Top |