Regional anesthesia as a safe option in patient with limb girdle muscular dystrophy undergoing total abdominal hysterectomy: A case report and case review

Sagar Devkota; Sangeeta Shrestha; Tara Gurung; Saurav Shrestha

doi:10.1002/ccr3.6523

Regional anesthesia as a safe option in patient with limb girdle muscular dystrophy undergoing total abdominal hysterectomy: A case report and case review

Clin Case Rep. 2022 Nov 6;10(11):e6523. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.6523. eCollection 2022 Nov.

Authors

Sagar Devkota¹, Sangeeta Shrestha², Tara Gurung², Saurav Shrestha³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Sindhuli Hospital Sindhuli Nepal.
² Department of Anesthesiology PMWH Kathmandu Nepal.
³ Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Nepal APF Hospital Kathmandu Nepal.

Abstract

Regional anesthesia can be a very safe option in patients with limb girdle muscular dystrophy undergoing lower abdominal surgeries as general anesthesia and volatile anesthetic agents are associated with increased risk of malignant hyperthermia and rhabdomyolysis.

Keywords: general anesthesia; limb girdle muscular dystrophy; malignant hyperthermia; regional anesthesia.

Publication types

Case Reports