TY - JOUR
T1 - The choice of anesthesia in Segawa's syndrome
AU - Priscu, Virgil
AU - Lurie, Samuel
AU - Savir, Irena
AU - Rabinerson, David
AU - Hagay, Zion
PY - 1998/3
Y1 - 1998/3
N2 - Segawa's syndrome is a rare hereditary progressive dystonia with diurnal fluctuation, which, in contrast to other types of chronic dystonia in children, responds dramatically to levodopa therapy. We present a case of a patient, suffering from Segawa's syndrome who underwent two cesarean sections, and we describe our experience in providing anesthesia to that patient. The first cesarean section was performed with general anesthesia, while the second was accomplished with epidural anesthesia. On both occasions the anesthesia was uneventful.
AB - Segawa's syndrome is a rare hereditary progressive dystonia with diurnal fluctuation, which, in contrast to other types of chronic dystonia in children, responds dramatically to levodopa therapy. We present a case of a patient, suffering from Segawa's syndrome who underwent two cesarean sections, and we describe our experience in providing anesthesia to that patient. The first cesarean section was performed with general anesthesia, while the second was accomplished with epidural anesthesia. On both occasions the anesthesia was uneventful.
KW - Anesthesia, obstetrical
KW - Cesarean section
KW - Dystonia, hereditary
KW - Levodopa
KW - Segawa's syndrome
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U2 - 10.1016/S0952-8180(97)00225-0
DO - 10.1016/S0952-8180(97)00225-0
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C2 - 9524902
AN - SCOPUS:0032031170
SN - 0952-8180
VL - 10
SP - 153
EP - 155
JO - Journal of Clinical Anesthesia
JF - Journal of Clinical Anesthesia
IS - 2
ER -