Metatropic dysplasia-a skeletal dysplasia with challenging airway and other anesthetic concerns.

Background: Metatropic dysplasia is a rare form of skeletal dysplasia requiring multiple anesthetics for surgical and imaging procedures, most of which are orthopedic procedures. We provide centralized care to patients with skeletal dysplasia at our tertiary care pediatric hospital, and we were able to collect the largest number of metatropic dysplasia patients reported to date.

Aim: The aim of this retrospective study was to describe and characterize the anesthetic difficulties in this high-risk population.