Pediatric laparoscopy is widely popular as a minimally invasive surgery in today's era. The anesthetic management, itself is a challenge in pediatric surgery that poses special problems due to pneumoperitoneum created and extremes of position adopted. In addition there are other challenges associated with pediatric surgery. Here we describe challenges associated with pediatric laparoscopic surgery.
This article is divided into two parts, half of the challenges are covered in this part and half will be covered in the subsequent article. In 1923, pediatric laparoscopy was first described by Kelling, however its use has increased since last decade. There are several advantages of laparoscopic surgery as compared to open surgery, however benefits of surgery at times are accompanied with certain challenges as well. Anesthetic procedures poses certain challenges in pediatric population such…
