General Anaesthesia for a baby with Metachromatic Leukodystrophy
- 1 April 2023
- journal article
- Published by Comprehensive Publications in International Journal of Medical Anesthesiology
- Vol. 6 (2), 09-13
- https://doi.org/10.33545/26643766.2023.v6.i2a.388
Abstract
Mitochromatic Leukodystrophy is a progressive degenerative disorder of white matter. Patients with this disease frequently require anaesthesia for various diagnostic and surgical procedures. These patients pose a lot of anaesthetic problems like seizures, spasticity, risk of aspiration, and copious secretions, in addition to other organs dysfunctions. Our case report is about provision of general anaethesia for a female child for laparoscopic cholecystectomy and gastrostomy tube placement.