title: Regional Anaesthesia Management in a Patient with Leprosy: Rare Case with Rare Application.
abstract: Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease that is caused by Mycobacterium leprae and affects the skin and nerves. Patients with leprosy having related peripheral neuropathy and involvement of other organs may have cardiac, respiratory dysautonomia and autonomic dysfunctions. There are very few studies regarding anaesthetic management of patients suffering from leprosy. Moreover, very few studies concerning regional anaesthesia in patients with lepromatous leprosy have been reported. In this study, we aim to assess regional anaesthesia management with combined spinal epidural anaesthesia in a patient who had been followed up with a diagnosis of leprosy for a long time and was scheduled for operation because of a femoral neck fracture.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology, İnönü University School of Medicine, Malatya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Muharrem
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Uçar
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology, İnönü University School of Medicine, Malatya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mukadder
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Şanlı
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology, İnönü University School of Medicine, Malatya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ahmet Selim
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Özkan
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology, İnönü University School of Medicine, Malatya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Duygu
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Demiröz
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology, İnönü University School of Medicine, Malatya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet Ali
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Erdoğan
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology, İnönü University School of Medicine, Malatya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mahmut
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Durmuş
keywords: Leprosy; anaesthesia; regional anaesthesia