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Orhan Tokgöz1, Mehmet Beşir Yildirim, Adnan Tüfek
1Dicle University, Medical Faculty, Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Diyarbakir, Turkey.
Abstract:
Wilson's disease (WD) is characterized by progressive copper accumulation with hepatic and neurological impairment. Anesthesia and surgical practices may exacerbate WD and liver damage, and even cause life-threatening liver failure. Due to this existing liver damage, anesthetic management is important in WD cases in terms of drug choice, dose, and technique used. This study reports an emergency surgical procedure for trauma in a 24-year-old WD patient suffering the disease for 18 years. The operation was planned under infraclavicular brachial plexus block because of a right supracondiller/proximal humerus fracture. The selected type of anesthetic technique and agents in WD is specific. The pharmacokinetic changes in these cases are difficult to predict and require attention to drug choice and dose.
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