Anesthetic management of a patient with spinocerebellar degeneration

Spinocerebellar degeneration or olivopontocerebellar degeneration denotes a group of disorders of various etiologies manifesting as degenerative changes of various part of the central nervous system. We describe the anesthetic management of a patient with severe olivopontocerebellar degeneration pos...

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Autores principales: Vadhanan, Prasanna, Kumar, Pramod
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications Pvt Ltd 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3127311/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21772692
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-9185.81834
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description Spinocerebellar degeneration or olivopontocerebellar degeneration denotes a group of disorders of various etiologies manifesting as degenerative changes of various part of the central nervous system. We describe the anesthetic management of a patient with severe olivopontocerebellar degeneration posted for vaginal hysterectomy. A combined spinal epidural technique was performed at the level of L2-L3. The anesthetic implications of the various aspects of spinocerebellar degeneration are discussed.
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spelling pubmed-31273112011-07-19 Anesthetic management of a patient with spinocerebellar degeneration Vadhanan, Prasanna Kumar, Pramod J Anaesthesiol Clin Pharmacol Case Report Spinocerebellar degeneration or olivopontocerebellar degeneration denotes a group of disorders of various etiologies manifesting as degenerative changes of various part of the central nervous system. We describe the anesthetic management of a patient with severe olivopontocerebellar degeneration posted for vaginal hysterectomy. A combined spinal epidural technique was performed at the level of L2-L3. The anesthetic implications of the various aspects of spinocerebellar degeneration are discussed. Medknow Publications Pvt Ltd 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3127311/ /pubmed/21772692 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-9185.81834 Text en © Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title Anesthetic management of a patient with spinocerebellar degeneration
title_full Anesthetic management of a patient with spinocerebellar degeneration
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title_short Anesthetic management of a patient with spinocerebellar degeneration
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3127311/
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