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Dystrophia myotonica: combined spinal-epidural anaesthesia for caesarean section.

Anaesthetic Department, Ipswich Hospital, Suffolk, UK.
International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia (impact factor: 1.39). 11/1996; 5(4):275-7. pp.275-7
Source: PubMed

ABSTRACT Patients with dystrophia myotonica requiring caesarean section pose significant problems for the anaesthetist. This report describes the successful use of a combined spinal-epidural technique for anaesthesia and postoperative analgesia in such a patient.

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Keywords

anaesthesia
 
anaesthetist
 
caesarean section
 
dystrophia myotonica
 
successful use
 

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