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Successful Anesthetic Management for Cesarean Section in an Achondroplastic Dwarf

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  • Xi Deng and Xuemei Lin

    (Department of Anesthesiology, West China Second University Hospital, Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children, Sichuan University, Ministry of Education, People’s Republic of China)

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Dwarfism is a genetically related disorder and characterized by short stature. Pregnancy in women with dwarfism is uncommon. Here, we present a case of a 24-year-old pregnant woman who underwent the double-space technique in epidural anesthesia for an elective cesarean delivery. She was preoperatively diagnosed with dwarfism, scoliosis, C2-T10 syringomyelia, severely impaired lung function and multimalformations. After a multidisciplinary discussion, cesarean section was performed at 35 weeks of gestation. She received T12-L1, L2-L3 epidural anesthesia and epidural catheters were inserted upward and downward, respectively. In a word, we successfully performed cesarean section on the puerpera and discussed the risks and challenges of anesthesia presented by this kind of patients.

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  • Xi Deng and Xuemei Lin, 2023. "Successful Anesthetic Management for Cesarean Section in an Achondroplastic Dwarf," Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research, Biomedical Research Network+, LLC, vol. 50(4), pages 41770-41773, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:abf:journl:v:50:y:2023:i:4:p:41770-41773
    DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2023.50.007971
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