[Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a patient with Steinert disease].
Steinert's disease or myotonic myopathy is associated with chronic restrictive respiratory insufficiency. A case of a patient with Steinert's disease undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy, with a full recovery within three days is reported. It is concluded that laparoscopic surgery is a possible therapeutic tool in patients suffering from a myopathy.
Mercier
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MF
Département d'anesthésie-réanimation, hôpital Sainte-Marguerite, Marseille, France.
Baghdadi
H
H
Frosini
C
C
Sielezneff
I
I
Sastre
B
B
Gouin
F
F
D000328:Adult; D000768:Anesthesia, General / Q000379:methods*; D000777:Anesthetics; D001784:Blood Gas Analysis; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic; D000075202:Contraindications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009223:Myotonic Dystrophy / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology
D000777:Anesthetics
Cholécystectomie par voie laparoscopique chez un sujet atteint d'une maladie de Steinert.