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Caudal anaesthesia in a patient with Hurler syndrome (mucopolysaccharidosis type I)
Author(s) -
WALBERGH E.J.,
COLES P.G.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
pediatric anesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.704
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1460-9592
pISSN - 1155-5645
DOI - 10.1111/j.1460-9592.1992.tb00193.x
Subject(s) - medicine , hurler syndrome , mucopolysaccharidosis , mucopolysaccharidosis type i , mucopolysaccharidosis i , hunter syndrome , general anaesthesia , surgery , anesthesia , pediatrics , disease , enzyme replacement therapy
Summary Children with any of the mucopolysaccharidoses are at a high risk of developing significant morbidity and mortality when a general anaesthetic is administered. This case report describes the use of a caudal epidural technique for the repair of bilateral inguinal herniae in a 10‐month‐old infant with Hurler syndrome (mucopolysaccharidosis type I).