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Anesthesia for sickle cell disease and congenital myopathy in combination.

Fanning R, O'Donnell B, Lynch B, Stephens M, O'Donovan F

Children's University Hospital, Temple Street, Dublin, Ireland. rfanning@gofree.indigo.ie

We report on the perioperative management of anesthesia and analgesia in a child with sickle cell disease and a congenital myopathy, presenting for corrective orthopedic surgery. The case illustrates two valuable points of interest: the many benefits of regional anesthesia in complex medical cases and the successful use of tourniquets in children with sickle cell disease.

Published 3 August 2006 in Paediatr Anaesth, 16(8): 880-3.
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