Author(s)

Gian Matteo Pedrazzi¹, Gianfranco Montanari¹, Vincenzo Domenichelli²

¹Department of Surgery, Unit of Anesthesiology, “Infermi” Hospital, AUSL Romagna, Rimini, Italy.
²Department of Woman, Newborn, Infants and Child Health, Unit of Pediatric Urology, “Infermi” Hospital, AUSL Romagna, Rimini, Italy.

We are describing a case of a female infant with ventriculoperitoneal shunt scheduled for inguinal hernia repair under spinal anesthesia. The child was a premature newborn who, in a recent past, underwent surgery in general anesthesia for retinopathy correction with subsequent difficult mechanical ventilation weaning. The benefit of spinal anesthesia in high-risk infant was described and the risks of spinal anesthesia in the presence of a ventricular shunt device-especially dural leakage and infections were briefly discussed.

Spinal Anesthesia, Prematurity, Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt, Inguinal Hernia

Pedrazzi, G. , Montanari, G. and Domenichelli, V. (2016) Spinal Anesthesia in Infant with Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt: A Case Report of Inguinal Hernia Repair. Open Journal of Anesthesiology, 6, 97-100. doi: 10.4236/ojanes.2016.66016.