Anaesthesia for caesarean section in a patient with spinal muscular atrophy.
This report describes a 33-year-old primigravid woman with spinal muscular atrophy Type III (Kugelberg-Welander syndrome). Elective caesarean section was performed at 38 weeks gestation under spinal anaesthesia. The implications of spinal muscular atrophy for anaesthesia for caesarean section are described.
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Department of Anaesthesia, The Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne, 132 Grattan Street, Carlton, Vic. 3053.
D000328:Adult; D000775:Anesthesia, Spinal; D002585:Cesarean Section; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009134:Muscular Atrophy, Spinal; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome