Open AccessMyotonic dystrophy: a retrospective diagnosis
Author(s) -
Divya Jain,
Aparna Chakravarty
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
southern african journal of anaesthesia and analgesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.175
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 2220-1181
pISSN - 2220-1173
DOI - 10.1080/22201173.2012.10872855
Subject(s) - myotonic dystrophy , medicine , laparoscopic cholecystectomy , myotonia , retrospective cohort study , surgery , dystrophy , general surgery , pediatrics , pathology
Myotonic dystrophy is not commonly encountered in anaesthetic practice and its existence in a patient can easily go undetected, leading to intraoperative and postoperative complications. We report a case of a 45-year-old female without any typical features of myotonic dystrophy, who presented at our hospital for a laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Postoperatively, on account of a delayed recovery, she was diagnosed with myotonic dystrophy.
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