European journal of anaesthesiology
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Case Reports
Epidural anaesthesia for Caesarean section in a patient with von Hippel-Lindau disease.
Von Hippel-Lindau disease is a rare autosomal dominant disease with incomplete penetrance and variable expression and is characterized by diffuse haemangioblastomas of the central nervous system and viscera. The majority of the central nervous system lesions are located in the cerebellum. This report describes the successful management with epidural anaesthesia of a woman with a term gestation, von Hippel-Lindau disease and cerebellar haemangioblastoma.
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Factors which lead to prolonged stay in the day-care unit and unplanned admission after day-case surgery are poorly understood. ⋯ In day-case surgery, the predictors of prolonged stay in the day-care unit and unplanned Hospital admission are mainly related to the surgical procedure.