title: Spinal anesthesia in Kartageners syndrome.
abstract: Kartageners syndrome, an autosomal recessive disorder is a combination of dextrocardia situs inversus, bronchiectasis and sinusitis. We report a 22-year-old woman with this syndrome scheduled for appendectomy. Spinal anesthesia was preferred for the patient with this rare disorder due to the relative advantages of the regional technique over general anesthesia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe, University Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Nevriye
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Salman
authors.forename: Didem
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dal
authors.forename: Bagnu
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Saridemir
authors.forename: Ulku
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Aypar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000775:Anesthesia, Spinal; D001062:Appendectomy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007619:Kartagener Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography