Anesthesia for cesarean delivery in a case of myotonia congenita
Arcas, M.; Sánchez-Ortega, J.L.; García-Muñoz, M.; Alonso, B.; del Yelmo, F.; López-Rodríguez, F.
Revista Espanola de Anestesiologia y Reanimacion 43(4): 147-149
1996
ISSN/ISBN: 0034-9356 PMID: 8815469 Document Number: 467166
We report the case of a 29-year-old woman with congenital myotony who underwent cesarean section under intradural anesthesia with 0.5% hyperbaric bupivacaine plus fentanyl. We describe the behavior of the anesthetic used as well as the implications this condition has for the anesthesiologist.