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Journal of anesthesia · Jan 2007
Case ReportsConsiderations for general anesthesia combined with epidural anesthesia in a patient with stiff-person syndrome.
- Katsumi Yamamoto, Koji Hara, Takafumi Horishita, and Takeyoshi Sata.
- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Medicine, 1-1 Iseigaoka, Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu, 807-8555, Japan.
- J Anesth. 2007 Jan 1; 21 (4): 490-2.
AbstractWe report the successful management of anesthesia in a patient with stiff-person syndrome (SPS) undergoing a thymectomy using a volatile anesthetic combined with epidural anesthesia. The anesthetic concern in patients with SPS is the possibility of postoperative hypotonia due to the presence of excessive gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) resulting from an interaction between the anesthetic agents and preoperatively taken therapeutic drugs. Epidural anesthesia has the advantages of decreasing the required amount of anesthetics with GABAergic action, and relieving the postoperative pain that causes the symptoms of SPS. Epidural anesthesia could be a useful technique in SPS patients.
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