Abstract

General Anaesthesia for a Baby with Metachromatic Leukodystrophy

Mitochromatic Leukodystrophy is a progressive degenerative disorder of white matter. Patients with this disease frequently require anaesthesia for various diagnostic and surgical procedures. These patients pose a lot of anaesthetic problems like seizures, spasticity, risk of aspiration, and copious secretions, in addition to other organ dysfunctions. Our case report is about the provision of general anaethesia for a female child for laparoscopic cholecystectomy and gastrostomy tube placement

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