[Video laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a female patient with cholelithiasis in Steinert's myotonic dystrophy].
Steinert's disease (SD) is a rare (3-5/100000) myotonic myopathy responsible for chronic restrictive respiratory insufficiency and dilatative myocardiopathy. The authors report the case of a 52-years-old female patient with SD who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy for cholelithiasis. Postoperative course was uneventful and the patient was discharged after 4 days. Laparoscopic surgery was effective and safe in the treatment of this pathology.
Nardone
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Istituto di Chirurgia d'Urgenza, Università degli Studi di Milano, Ospedale Maggiore IRCCS.
Marradi
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Tiberio
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Spinnler
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Meola
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Giurati
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Croci
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Tiberio
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D000768:Anesthesia, General / Q000379:methods; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009223:Myotonic Dystrophy / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics; D010375:Pedigree; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000379:methods; D012307:Risk Factors; D014741:Video Recording