Anesthetic management of a patient with achondroplasia posted for bilateral ureteroscopic lithotripsyan anaesthetic challenge.

Abstract

Achondroplasia is the commonest form of dwarfism which results fromabnormal cartilage formation at epiphyseal growth plates.A forty year old male , short stature presented to the hospital with bilateral ureteric stone and posted for bilateral ureteroscopic lithotripsy.This is a case report of a successful Anaesthetic management of a patient with achondroplasia under spinal anaesthesia