Perioperative management of facial bipartition surgery

• Main Authors: Caruselli M, Tsapis M, Ughetto F, Pech-Gourg G, Galante D, Paut O
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dove Medical Press 2015-11-01
• Series: Open Access Surgery
• Online Access: https://www.dovepress.com/perioperative-management-of-facial-bipartition-surgery-peer-reviewed-article-OAS
• ISSN: 1178-7082

Marco Caruselli,1 Michael Tsapis,1,2 Fabrice Ughetto,1 Gregoire Pech-Gourg,3 Dario Galante,4 Olivier Paut1 1Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, La Timone Children’s Hospital, 2Pediatric Transport Team, SAMU 13, La Timone Hospital, 3Pediatric Neurosurgery Unit, La Timone Children’s Hospital, Marseille, France; 4Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital Ospedali Riuniti of Foggia, Foggia, Italy Abstract: Severe craniofacial malformations, such as Crouzon, Apert, Saethre-Chotzen, and Pfeiffer syndromes, are very rare conditions (one in 50,000/100,000 live births) that often require corrective surgery. Facial bipartition is the more radical corrective surgery. It is a high-risk intervention and needs complex perioperative management and a multidisciplinary approach. Keywords: craniofacial surgery, facial bipartition surgery, craniofacial malformations, pediatric anesthesia