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Anaesth Intensive Care · Feb 2003
Case ReportsAnaesthesia for caesarean section in a patient with spinal muscular atrophy.
- A U Buettner.
- Department of Anaesthesia, The Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne, 132 Grattan Street, Carlton, Vic. 3053.
- Anaesth Intensive Care. 2003 Feb 1;31(1):92-4.
AbstractThis report describes a 33-year-old primigravid woman with spinal muscular atrophy Type III (Kugelberg-Welander syndrome). Elective caesarean section was performed at 38 weeks gestation under spinal anaesthesia. The implications of spinal muscular atrophy for anaesthesia for caesarean section are described.
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