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[Video laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a female patient with cholelithiasis in Steinert's myotonic dystrophy]
A Nardone1, C Marradi, G A Tiberio
1Istituto di Chirurgia d'Urgenza, Università degli Studi di Milano, Ospedale Maggiore IRCCS.
Annali Italiani Di Chirurgia
|June 1, 2000
Abstract:
Steinert's disease (SD) is a rare (3-5/100000) myotonic myopathy responsible for chronic restrictive respiratory insufficiency and dilatative myocardiopathy. The authors report the case of a 52-years-old female patient with SD who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy for cholelithiasis. Postoperative course was uneventful and the patient was discharged after 4 days. Laparoscopic surgery was effective and safe in the treatment of this pathology.