Regional anesthesia as a safe option in patient with limb girdle muscular dystrophy undergoing total abdominal hysterectomy: A case report and case review

Sagar Devkota; Sangeeta Shrestha; Tara Gurung; Saurav Shrestha

doi:10.1002/ccr3.6523

Clinical Case Reports (Nov 2022)

Regional anesthesia as a safe option in patient with limb girdle muscular dystrophy undergoing total abdominal hysterectomy: A case report and case review

Sagar Devkota,
Sangeeta Shrestha,
Tara Gurung,
Saurav Shrestha

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Sagar Devkota: Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Sindhuli Hospital Sindhuli Nepal
Sangeeta Shrestha: Department of Anesthesiology PMWH Kathmandu Nepal
Tara Gurung: Department of Anesthesiology PMWH Kathmandu Nepal
Saurav Shrestha: Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Nepal APF Hospital Kathmandu Nepal

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6523
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 11
pp. n/a – n/a

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Abstract Regional anesthesia can be a very safe option in patients with limb girdle muscular dystrophy undergoing lower abdominal surgeries as general anesthesia and volatile anesthetic agents are associated with increased risk of malignant hyperthermia and rhabdomyolysis.

Published in Clinical Case Reports

ISSN: 2050-0904 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)2050-0904

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