[Anesthetic management of caesarean section in a parturient with ankylosing spondylitis complicated with severe cervical myelitis].
A 28-year-old patient with ankylosing spondylitis and cervical myelitis was scheduled for caesarean section. We selected general anesthesia because of her cervical myelitis. Her trachea was intubated using a flexible fiberscope. The patient and the infant had no complications on their discharge.
Hiruta
Akiko
A
Department of Anesthesiology, Jichi Medical School, Tochigi 329-0498.
Fukuda
Hirokazu
H
Hiruta
Masahiro
M
Hirabayashi
Yoshihiro
Y
Kasuda
Haruyuki
H
Seo
Norimasa
N
D000328:Adult; D000768:Anesthesia, General / Q000379:methods*; D000773:Anesthesia, Obstetrical; D002585:Cesarean Section; D005260:Female; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation; D009187:Myelitis / Q000150:complications*; D009333:Neck; D011247:Pregnancy; D013167:Spondylitis, Ankylosing / Q000150:complications*