General Anaesthesia for Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in a Patient with the Kearns-Sayre Syndrome

We report a case of a 40-year-old man affected by the Kearns-Sayre syndrome who underwent an elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy under general anaesthesia. We describe the management of general anaesthesia in this rare myopathy, with emphasis on the use of rocuronium as muscle blocking agent. Indu...

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Main Authors: Paolo Calzavacca, Walter Schmidt, Manuela Guzzi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2011-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Anesthesiology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/806086
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