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Anesthetic management for subtotal gastrectomy in a patient with paramyotonia congenita.
Journal of anesthesia - 1 Jan 2007
Kaneda Toru, Iwahashi Michiyo, Suzuki Toshiyasu
Abstract excerpt
We performed anesthesia for a subtotal gastrectomy in a 70-year-old female patient with paramyotonia congenita (PC). She had been diagnosed with PC at the age of 47 years by electromyogram analysis. Several points to consider have been revealed regarding the management of anesthesia in patients with PC. In this patient, anesthesia was safely maintained using sevoflurane and nitrous oxide together with concomitant...
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