re :anasthetic used during tenotomy

January 9, 2006

My son, Eli, did 6 sets of casts and then a double tenotomy (he's bcf), and then

a last cast that stayed on for 3 weeks (to hold the correction of the tenotomy)

before we started teh shoes. He was also put 'under' with general anesthesia

(sp!?), which kinda scared me, but teh doctor assured me he'd never had a

problem with it, and it helped him get the procedure done correctly. When both

heels need the tenotomy, the second one can be more difficult as teh baby might

not sit still long enough, especially after teh first has been performed. The

'surgery' took all of 15 minutes, and I was only away from Eli for about 45-60

minutes. As soon as he started to wake up, the nurses brought him to me and I

was able to nurse him immediately. He was groggy, so he couldn't nurse well, but

I know it helped him to know I was there... We didnt' have any ill-effects from

teh anesthesia.. Hope that helps!

anasthetic used during tenotomy

Hi. I'm a new mom with a 9 week old little girl with one club foot.

We have been doing

serial casting since she was 2 days old and now our doctor is

recommending doing the

tenotomy to bring down her heel. He uses a gas anasthetic during the

procedure which

scares me a lot more than the procedure itself! Has anyone gone

through this? If so, how

did your baby tolerate the anasthetic? Also, is anyone familiar with

Dr. Steve Conlan or

any other orthopedic docs from Kaiser in Colorado. Thanks - Tonya

Eliason

nikkiming@...

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