Features of general anesthesia in patients with goldenhar syndrome and case report
Goldenhar syndrome is a congenital disease with anomalous development of structures arising from the first and the second branchial arches. Concomitant lung developmental abnormalities can occur in children with Goldenhar syndrome. These features should be considered if general anesthesia is scheduled. Children with Goldenhar syndrome need chest X-ray before surgery under general anesthesia. Additional chest imaging, for example, computed tomography is required if any structural features of lungs are found. The possibility of fiberoptic intubation should be ensured due to potential difficulties of tracheal intubation.