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[Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a patient with Steinert disease]
M F Mercier1, H Baghdadi, C Frosini
1Département d'anesthésie-réanimation, hôpital Sainte-Marguerite, Marseille, France.
Annales Francaises D'Anesthesie Et De Reanimation
|January 1, 1996
Abstract:
Steinert's disease or myotonic myopathy is associated with chronic restrictive respiratory insufficiency. A case of a patient with Steinert's disease undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy, with a full recovery within three days is reported. It is concluded that laparoscopic surgery is a possible therapeutic tool in patients suffering from a myopathy.