Paediatric anaesthesia
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Paediatr Anaesth
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Paediatric anaesthesia · Jan 1995
Case ReportsAnaesthetic management of the child with myotonic dystrophy: epidural anaesthesia as an alternative to general anaesthesia.
An 11-year-old boy with myotonic dystrophy required anaesthesia for a lower extremity orthopaedic procedure. The management of patients with myotonic dystrophy is discussed including the use of epidural anaesthesia with a continuous chloroprocaine infusion as an alternative to general anaesthesia.