Corrected scoliosis, cholinesterase deficiency, and cesarean section: a case report.

ABSTRACT: We describe a patient with severe scoliosis for which corrective surgery was performed at the age of 12. During a previous caesarean section under general anaesthesia pseudocholinesterase deficiency was discovered. Ultrasound guided spinal anaesthesia was performed enabling a second caesarean section under loco-regional anaesthesia.

SUBMITTER: Somers R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2729250 | biostudies-literature | 2009

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature